Interesting Local 1960-S Canadian Coin Score Poll For You!!

I never said that you did. I was simply stating that they deal in antiques and therefore coins are probably not their specific field.

Cherry picking from an antique dealer (as opposed to a coin dealer) would be much like taking advantage of someone that doesn't know what they have. The same thing that most are saying was done to this lady. What does it matter if it is a business or an individual person? While some will say that it is the businesses business to know, I don't think that an antique dealer can really know everything about everything that they sell or even a coin dealer for that matter.

I like getting deals, but would not take advantage of someone to do it. This is a very touchy subject and can has clearly ruffled some feathers, but in the end I would bet (and I really hope) that both parties are satisfied.

As ace said, I'm pretty sure that the lady selling these coins is able to count and knew very well what she was doing.

Its disappointing considering Bloomberg said "I am mostly into US coins but today purchased a decent size lot of coins from an older lady." so define older, older than who older than what?. I dont recall Bloomberg stating his age. For all any of us know she could have been in her 30s or 40s
Talk of ripping off the elderly is way out of line right off the hop, learn to read whats typed and not your own personal interpretation of whats typed.
just my opinion

I think some perspective is needed here.

These are not $5 Gold coins being bought at face value or some obviously rare/precious metal coins. We are talking about a small quantity of older Canadian nickles in the southern states, not the ideal market to cash in on some common coins. If this was in Canada, you could take them to the bank for face value.

The coins are described as "un-circulated" nickles, those plastic tubes do not look like mint issue roles to me. How many times has a seller told you un-circulated, when it is actually AU to EF or worse, if you don't believe it, I have some un-circulated coins from asyn you can buy, MS-66, I swear. My point is, that the OP would be smart not to pay a premium on these.

At a quick glance, maybe $70-$80 CAD, OP paid just under $40 CAD ($30 USD), maybe a little low, but not by much, when you consider transportation, time, risk etc... If this was in Canada, then it should be face or close to it, but it was not. I think this is probably about the right value as the OP will likely need to dispose of them at some point, unless OP is looking to start a large collection of mid 60's nickles.

the guy at the antique show was a coin dealer.