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Valued Member
United States
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The time has come to begin the process of selling my coins for good. I'm not getting any younger and I don't have any heirs so it seems logical to do this while I'm still healthy.
I have enjoyed the absolute heck out of this hobby and have met quite a new nice people along the way. Probably the best part is the banter that goes along with participating in a forum like this.
I'll be selling off as many of my raw coins as possible to a local brick & mortar store who has customers that buy Canadian and the rest will be going up for auction on the U.S. side of the border, probably Great Collections.
I'll still have hobbies - just no more frustrating drives to Orlando twice a year for the FUN Show. I'll still drop by here upon occasion to see what everyone is up to. Best to you all!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All the best! Don't be a stranger!
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Moderator
 United States
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This always saddens me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1267 Posts |
I understand the sentiment. I am easing up on that point in time myself but am not quite there yet. In a few years though, or sooner if the USD/CAD changes substantially towards parity.
All the best.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How long have you been collecting? I'm about 60 years into the hobby myself and need to get rid of most of my coins as well (except for my Canadian large cents of course  ) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll be selling off as many of my raw coins as possible to a local brick & mortar store Don't forget that the Forum has a selling section (hint hint).
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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United States
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Don't forget that the Forum has a selling section (hint hint).  Might as well see if you can get one of us to take some of it off your hands and save some listing fees.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm doing the same. After almost 60 years, I'm thinning out the herd. While I still collect, my interests now are extremely narrow.
I've been sending my certified coins to Great Collections and one lot to Heritage. I find GC to have great customer service, lower fees and faster settlement than Heritage. For ICCS and raw, I've been selling on facebook groups directly to other collectors, which is working out ok.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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At 80, I'm already 2 years into thinning the herd. I had a friend who had a Facebook forum on Canadian Vicky cents and his offer to sell on there. I take 70% and he gets 30, but he has to pay the postage. It has been very successful, and I've shoveled off well over 500 Vickies in the last year or so. I kept mostly all of the Haxby R-4's and above so I still have a few hundred left. I also got rid of over 5-600 world coins from 18th century to the 20th, with the same 70/30 split.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@justanothercoinaddict: Understandable. At 80+ I have slowed down my pursuit of collectable Canadian coins and have been purchasing Silver Maple Leaf bullion. Having 9 great-grandchildren, there is no dearth of those to "spread the wealth". .  |
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Having 9 great-grandchildren, there is no dearth of those to "spread the wealth" 
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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On one hand it's sad to see a collector leave the hobby, but on the other hand, it frees up some potentially interesting stuff for the rest of us still collecting. I get it though, you can't take it with you and it makes sense to dispose of it instead of leaving it to non-collector heirs. Even if you no longer collect, please continue to share your knowledge with others.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm in the same place. It's time to sell. And I find selling is just not as fun as buying. I have unloaded most of my low value silver at my local shop - it's easy to do when the price of silver is up. I will post some items here when I get to 250 posts so I am allowed to sell. But that is taking longer than I had hoped - so I am making this post to get me one closer  |
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Canada
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The time has come to begin the process of selling my coins for good. I'm not getting any younger and I don't have any heirs so it seems logical to do this while I'm still healthy. Your post says you don't have any heirs. It doesn't say you don't have any heirs that are interested in the hobby. If you have no heirs at all like your post reads then why do you want to quit? Go hard until you die and then it doesn't matter.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Having been involved in numismatics since
1965 , dealer since 1978 , still having way too much
fun . I think I will prefer to die with a magnifying glass
in my hand . Numismatists tend to live unusually long lives!
That said have really pared down ALL BULLION , so I could
acquire Classics I thought would never own .
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pacificoin I have to agree with you on silver coins. With silver at US$35 most Elizabeth and George VI silver is just bullion these days. I have sent lots of silver half dollars to melt for the good of the hobby. I think I am doing all of us a favour by melting common date silver coins. It just tightens up the numismatic supply......eventually.
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06/09/2025 10:33 pm
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Posted 06/09/2025 08:58 am
