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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 24650478, member: 101855"]The Grey Sheet is supposed to be the wholesale price, but a lot of collectors think they are entitled to pay those prices. Some of them also think that they should be able to get those prices when they try to sell their coins. That would leave the dealer with minus income since the cost of goods sold is only one of a dealer's expenses. </p><p><br /></p><p>I go though and drop in the Grey Sheet prices for my U.S. coins every six months on so. Some of the coins are worth more and some are worth less. Some of the Grey Sheet prices are "dream numbers" for dealers. You can't buy some things, like properly graded, no problem early U.S. coins for those numbers. A dealer has to pay more and naturally charge more for those coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the 1826 large cent. You can decide if this was a fair deal or if I got hosed. I can't find these coins "on the cheap" without problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1569583[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 24650478, member: 101855"]The Grey Sheet is supposed to be the wholesale price, but a lot of collectors think they are entitled to pay those prices. Some of them also think that they should be able to get those prices when they try to sell their coins. That would leave the dealer with minus income since the cost of goods sold is only one of a dealer's expenses. I go though and drop in the Grey Sheet prices for my U.S. coins every six months on so. Some of the coins are worth more and some are worth less. Some of the Grey Sheet prices are "dream numbers" for dealers. You can't buy some things, like properly graded, no problem early U.S. coins for those numbers. A dealer has to pay more and naturally charge more for those coins. Here's the 1826 large cent. You can decide if this was a fair deal or if I got hosed. I can't find these coins "on the cheap" without problems. [ATTACH=full]1569583[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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