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Message:: [QUOTE="National dealer, post: 7116, member: 487"]No, we haven't dealt with world coins. We do buy some bulk deals on very rare occasions, and give the coins and currency out to the kids who participate in our coins in the classroom program.Somedays it is hard enough to stay up with the American Coins. As any dealer will tell you, it is very hard to get good help. To be able to offer world coins, I would have to find someone who was very knowledgable in that area. Then try to build a client base for them.I have personally begun to learn about ancients. These fascinate me. We will probably never offer them, for the same reasons though. Now onto silver bars question: As a dealer I do not have the ability to buy low and sell high. I have to provide all of our customers with what they want, when they want it. Despite what the metals market is doing. Now the majority of the time, we make money. Bullion is the hardest area of numismatics. The prices these past 12 months are a perfect example of why this business is tough. The prices went up and down daily. When the market first jumped, we were making an extra $3 an ounce on silver. That is a big number. Two weeks ago, we were losing over $3 an ounce. Now we are back to making around 60 cents. It all evens out when you move lots of material. It is just the nature of the business. Take the good while you can, and accept the bad when it comes.[/QUOTE]