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<p>[QUOTE="Jimmyv, post: 24747429, member: 118201"]I recently brought some old pre 1964 coins, mostly quarters, to a local coin shop to sell. I weighed them at home and had a pretty good idea what I could get for them. A couple of them were Canadian, one was from Britain. All .900 silver. I laid them in front of this guy, and he separated the U.S. coins from the others, and said that the foreign silver is worth less. He weighed everything and gave me a value half of what I expected at melt value. I said thank you and walked out. I also had a 1901 Indian cent which was in the family for 60 years, in a mylar holder, and printed on it was AU condition. I looked uncirculated to me. I showed it to this guy to see what he thought, and without hesitation he said that the coin had been cleaned. How would he know without closer inspection? Seemed to me rather than win a customer, he lost me and I spread the word about him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jimmyv, post: 24747429, member: 118201"]I recently brought some old pre 1964 coins, mostly quarters, to a local coin shop to sell. I weighed them at home and had a pretty good idea what I could get for them. A couple of them were Canadian, one was from Britain. All .900 silver. I laid them in front of this guy, and he separated the U.S. coins from the others, and said that the foreign silver is worth less. He weighed everything and gave me a value half of what I expected at melt value. I said thank you and walked out. I also had a 1901 Indian cent which was in the family for 60 years, in a mylar holder, and printed on it was AU condition. I looked uncirculated to me. I showed it to this guy to see what he thought, and without hesitation he said that the coin had been cleaned. How would he know without closer inspection? Seemed to me rather than win a customer, he lost me and I spread the word about him.[/QUOTE]
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