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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 448901, member: 6370"]I believe it not only costs more, but the practice bumps coin prices up as a whole...especially with the MS-whatever grading system....as people slab all the coins, the prices go up and will stay up...</p><p> </p><p>And the first problem with the scenario above is someone taking a coin to sell to a dealer!! I couldnt think of a worse way to sell coins and the best way to get the least amount of money. My instructions to anyone who gets my coins (which are all attributed with estimates) is take a little time to sell them off individually to collectors...but I know for a fact who is getting my coins and know they are more than capable and willing to deal with them and get the best money for it...</p><p> </p><p>Oh, and I think its absolutely ridiculous to typify a coin collector leaving highly valuable coins to an heir that may not be 'ready to sell' as bad or there being 'nothing worse'. If that the worse thing I do to my relative I will feel pretty good!! My coins will not be the 'inheritance'...just a small fraction of what I will hand down so if they dont want to deal with them and think I am a 'meanie' for leaving them a highly valuable collection of coins, some very rare...Cry me a river...If its such a pain for them to deal with it then they dont have to...luckily no one in my family is such an ungrateful slob, they are quite bright and know what to do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 448901, member: 6370"]I believe it not only costs more, but the practice bumps coin prices up as a whole...especially with the MS-whatever grading system....as people slab all the coins, the prices go up and will stay up... And the first problem with the scenario above is someone taking a coin to sell to a dealer!! I couldnt think of a worse way to sell coins and the best way to get the least amount of money. My instructions to anyone who gets my coins (which are all attributed with estimates) is take a little time to sell them off individually to collectors...but I know for a fact who is getting my coins and know they are more than capable and willing to deal with them and get the best money for it... Oh, and I think its absolutely ridiculous to typify a coin collector leaving highly valuable coins to an heir that may not be 'ready to sell' as bad or there being 'nothing worse'. If that the worse thing I do to my relative I will feel pretty good!! My coins will not be the 'inheritance'...just a small fraction of what I will hand down so if they dont want to deal with them and think I am a 'meanie' for leaving them a highly valuable collection of coins, some very rare...Cry me a river...If its such a pain for them to deal with it then they dont have to...luckily no one in my family is such an ungrateful slob, they are quite bright and know what to do :)[/QUOTE]
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