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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 3336367, member: 69089&quot;]Otis, if you learned anything from this thread, I hope it&#039;s this:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Don&#039;t do anything potentially illegal to hide your collection or its true value.&nbsp; That&#039;s just asking for trouble.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Stop asking internet coin geeks for legal advice and talk to a lawyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I&#039;ll leave you with one observation about this comment:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your wife may very well have a legal claim to half your collection, but I doubt she has legal grounds for forcing you to sell it for her.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pending counsel from your attorney, one approach could be to divide the collection into two halves of equal value.&nbsp; Make sure as many of your favorite coins as possible go into your half, and if you have some less-loved coins you&#039;ve considered selling (most of us do) put those in her half.&nbsp; Just keep the values equal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Turn over her half of the collection to her, maybe along with some recommendations about ways to sell them. There — you&#039;ve fulfilled your obligation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should a court rule that you, as the coin expert, must sell her coins for her, you might be able to demand compensation for the time you&#039;ll spend doing it. Selling coins at fair market value can be a time consuming process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just food for thought. But first, get off this thread and into a lawyer&#039;s office.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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