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If THIS is true about coin dealers, what else is there?
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george pearl
Feb 11, 2012, 7:14:49 PM2/11/12
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Couple of short stories.
When I was young I bought a BU 1950-d Nickle
for a good price. When I asked why they sold
it for so low, they muttered some uninteligible
answer. Much later I discovered the coin was
sofly-struck and had poor metal flow. I'm much
smarter now.
Coinage magazine *once* made the mistake of
publishing an article that included the sentence:
"Dealers will say very little when trying to sell
a problem coin. Just enough info get rid of it."
Yeah, I was a little surprised too. Can't write
anything that upsets the advertisers.
I don't have any friends in the coin biz. If you
have any pearls of wisdom, I'd like to hear it.
Thanks in advance.
When I was young I bought a BU 1950-d Nickle
for a good price. When I asked why they sold
it for so low, they muttered some uninteligible
answer. Much later I discovered the coin was
sofly-struck and had poor metal flow. I'm much
smarter now.
Coinage magazine *once* made the mistake of
publishing an article that included the sentence:
"Dealers will say very little when trying to sell
a problem coin. Just enough info get rid of it."
Yeah, I was a little surprised too. Can't write
anything that upsets the advertisers.
I don't have any friends in the coin biz. If you
have any pearls of wisdom, I'd like to hear it.
Thanks in advance.
oly
Feb 11, 2012, 8:07:58 PM2/11/12
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My great-uncle, thrice removed, had four bags of 1950-D five cent
coins which he used to prop open the door in his paint store in
beautiful downtown Lincoln, Illinois.
He got them for face value at the time of issue.
I was always told that he would use a roll of 1950-D nickels as a
suppository to beat down the inflamation when he couldn't otherwise
sit down.
You no doubt got one of those coins.
All of the above is absolutely true, and my great-uncle thrice removed
used to run free ads in Numismatic News right up until a few weeks
before his death at age 99 years, 363.98 days back in 2008.
BTW, you are no "PEARL" of wisdom. Butt you might be my old friend
RF.
oly
Jason Burke
Feb 11, 2012, 10:01:18 PM2/11/12
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On 2/11/2012 5:07 PM, oly wrote:
> much
>> smarter now.
Crack. No longer for breakfast anymore, eh, Oly?
> much
>> smarter now.
Crack. No longer for breakfast anymore, eh, Oly?
oly
Feb 11, 2012, 11:17:16 PM2/11/12
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Nancy boy.
oly
george pearl
Feb 12, 2012, 2:14:48 AM2/12/12
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Jerry Dennis
Feb 12, 2012, 10:38:56 AM2/12/12
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Jerry
(Whre's Larry when you need him?)
george pearl
Feb 12, 2012, 1:15:37 PM2/12/12
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Jerry ? If your momma was over here, I'd boot her in the ass.
Frank Galikanokus
Feb 12, 2012, 3:06:41 PM2/12/12
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= usenet poster
Your only defense is to educate yourself.
JAM
oly
Feb 12, 2012, 4:41:01 PM2/12/12
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On Feb 12, 2:06 pm, Frank Galikanokus <FrankGalikano...@nospam.net>
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smallest capital. For practical purposes, you almost can't sell
investments or real estate on your own nowadays.
Usenet poster - not a lot of money in that, unless you're A. H.
oly
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The coin dealer does the best of your examples, and does it on the
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smallest capital. For practical purposes, you almost can't sell
investments or real estate on your own nowadays.
Usenet poster - not a lot of money in that, unless you're A. H.
oly
george pearl
Feb 12, 2012, 10:26:13 PM2/12/12
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On Feb 12, 12:06 pm, Frank Galikanokus <FrankGalikano...@nospam.net>
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be a FEW secrets out there! Where's Tom Delorey?
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Gee, Frank-- I've been collecting coins for *years*. There's got to
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be a FEW secrets out there! Where's Tom Delorey?
Frank Galikanokus
Feb 13, 2012, 12:33:45 PM2/13/12
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JAM
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