I have considered looking for collections, or "a bunch of "old coins, "laying around" to buy, but end up with the same questions Shappa has posed. Not knowing much about grading, and even less about value, here is what I did, and ended up buying the "batch". My sister said she had a bunch of old coins, that she wanted to get rid of. I asked for a list of what, date, and mint, how many of each, and condition. She said she didn't know "what condition" they were, but they weren't new coins, just some old coins laying around. I used the "black book", which gives the prices a dealer would pay for the coin, in grade. I offered the VG-8 price listed for all the denominations, and ( She said they weren't new,just "old coins"). Based on that, I said I would give her "so much" for them. She later agreed, and sent the lot to me. They turned out to be pretty much what I expected, and she has never said that I cheated her, so Maybe that might work for you. There were none of the other items you mentioned, so it was much easier. When it comes to the other items, I would reccomend asking members of this, and other forums, that cover those areas as part of the forum, and I'm asure you can get some excellent advice on which way to go. Good luck in your "project", and Welcome to the forum! You mentioned "an Ignorant question" There ain't no such thing!@ Only people that are afraid to ask for fear that they will be considered "ignorant" My position is this: Any day that goes by, where I didn't learn something new, (to me), is a day WASTED!
Dick
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12/20/2007 9:19 pm
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Posted 12/20/2007 5:31 pm
Anyone know of a way that could be done?
