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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4530641, member: 19463"]It seems pretty obvious that most coin show dealers and most brick and mortar shops are there mostly to buy. That does make sense since decent coins are easy to sell while only garbage is easy to buy. Running a place where unknowing heirs bring in grandpa's collection with no clue what it is worth is a frequent business model. The old style shop where you could sit and learn seems to be gone. I actually had one shop owner brag to me how he had paid a widow almost nothing for the coins. He did not know me, had never seen me before and will never again since I am unlikely ever to be in that city again. </p><p><br /></p><p>We each do need to tell someone what to do with our coins if we die unexpectedly or your heirs may be the next one to go into that shop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4530641, member: 19463"]It seems pretty obvious that most coin show dealers and most brick and mortar shops are there mostly to buy. That does make sense since decent coins are easy to sell while only garbage is easy to buy. Running a place where unknowing heirs bring in grandpa's collection with no clue what it is worth is a frequent business model. The old style shop where you could sit and learn seems to be gone. I actually had one shop owner brag to me how he had paid a widow almost nothing for the coins. He did not know me, had never seen me before and will never again since I am unlikely ever to be in that city again. We each do need to tell someone what to do with our coins if we die unexpectedly or your heirs may be the next one to go into that shop.[/QUOTE]
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