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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 6324036, member: 13307&quot;]Speaking from experience, I just sold a huge pile of 90% silver for <b><i>over</i></b> spot price to a local coin shop.&nbsp; It is possible to get at least spot (or more) by selling to the right shop.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also sold plenty of silver/gold for spot or above on coin forums.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the pre-1982 copper cents go, I used to have a small hoard of them.&nbsp; Got tired of the project (of saving all of them for no reason, regardless of condition) so I put them in a local, rural auction.&nbsp; People <i>fought</i> over the right to buy them - as in, one guy left to go talk on his phone just before we auctioned that item, then came back in after we&#039;d finished, and was absolutely furious that he&#039;d missed it.&nbsp; (<i>If he&#039;d told us that was the only item he really wanted, we would have waited for him to return...but he failed to communicate this desire to us, so what could we do?</i>)&nbsp; If I recall they sold for at least 2x face value, I think it was like 2.5x?&nbsp; So it is possible to sell copper cents for over their face value - in the right venue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, anything is possible if you find the right market for it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Junk silver you want to sell?&nbsp; Lay it out so you can see what&#039;s there, make a list of what you have, and take at least one in-focus picture of the entire group (plus some closeups if you want to be nice.)&nbsp; Post it here in the WTS Forum and you&#039;ll sell it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Junk copper coins?&nbsp; Probably recommend a local auction as the weight will be cost-prohibitive to ship.&nbsp; You can, however, stuff a USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate box with up to 70 pounds of coins (just make sure you tape the heck out of the box) so it&#039;s not impossible.&nbsp; I&#039;ve definitely shipped 60 pounds of bulk world non-silver or wheat cents to people before, just have to make sure you do a really, really, REALLY good job of packing it well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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