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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1601607, member: 41665&quot;]I saw this (your recent post, elsewhere) so presume we&#039;re NOT talking &#039;valuable rarities&#039; in your collections unless specifically informed otherwise.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond HA and &#039;serious auctions&#039; (not germane) look for a ballpark <i>retail price </i>(not value) for common stuff here:<a href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/default.aspx" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/prices/default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>FeeBay is also fine for your needs. Look at <i>completed auctions only</i> for bigger coin vendors <i>to see what someone professional </i>is willing to sell it for: same-same, average 3-6 recent sales. IGNORE BIN altogether.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Avg price (NET -13%) of feeBay is <i>close to &#039;market value&#039; for junk </i>but NOT what a dealer&#039;s willing to pay you, either. I haven&#039;t seen anyone quantify Joe Collector&#039;s haircut, the real-world value realized at the LCS versus make-believe worth of &quot;numismatic value&quot; online. OF COURSE &#039;no one can say&#039; (lame excuse) but what&#039;s a typical, ballpark offer to an unknown walk-in: ~-35% less than mkt?&nbsp; They don&#039;t overpay, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>If common-date <i>UNC </i>Morgans BUY at so-called &quot;melt&quot; in Boston, &quot;numismatic value&quot; is ALOT lower than many presume. You might get full intrinsic value for cull Morgans and other junk, if you&#039;re lucky.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also assume you can realize better prices here (and collector sites like CT) or CL - &#039;so they say&#039; - if you&#039;re testing the waters. Please let us know what you find in person, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there&#039;s my admittedly unprofessional two cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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