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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 7844761, member: 42034"]I was in a similar situation. At least you bought your 1st $20 in 2018, 2 years before Covid and the price of gold went thru the roof. I should probably consider buying a few but will have to wait until I find some at auction. My experience with US coin dealers is that they usually pay about 15 cents on the dollar and sell at 2-3X the average auction price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collecting seems to run in the paternal side of my family. My aunt, who just passed away 3 weeks ago at age 102& 1/2 picked up an 1898 or 1899 P mint Liberty $20 at face value. She ran a Polish kielbasa shop in NJ post WW-2. One day a customer walked into her shop and wanted to know if she'd take a $20 for a purchase! Her son now has the coin. I saw the coin in 2018 and grade it an absolutely flawless AU-58, never having been in a bag. I forget if it was 98 or 99 tho.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 7844761, member: 42034"]I was in a similar situation. At least you bought your 1st $20 in 2018, 2 years before Covid and the price of gold went thru the roof. I should probably consider buying a few but will have to wait until I find some at auction. My experience with US coin dealers is that they usually pay about 15 cents on the dollar and sell at 2-3X the average auction price. Coin collecting seems to run in the paternal side of my family. My aunt, who just passed away 3 weeks ago at age 102& 1/2 picked up an 1898 or 1899 P mint Liberty $20 at face value. She ran a Polish kielbasa shop in NJ post WW-2. One day a customer walked into her shop and wanted to know if she'd take a $20 for a purchase! Her son now has the coin. I saw the coin in 2018 and grade it an absolutely flawless AU-58, never having been in a bag. I forget if it was 98 or 99 tho.[/QUOTE]
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