Upgrading your collection

nwcs

When you upgrade your coins, do you sell what you have or do you try to do trades with a dealer to upgrade? What are your experiences with both?

DNADave

I put the old coin into another set. When all the upgrades are done, I'll have two sets.

boiler78

I can't afford to keep the ungergrade so I usually try to work it into a trade. With my #1 dealer it always seems to work out OK

LindeDad

eBay usally.

BAJJERFAN

Depends on the coin; if I don't keep the coin I replaced I usually offer it here on the BS&T forum first.

Hedger

Usually trade with a dealer at a loss. Now I'm thinking it might be much better to sell or trade here from now on. The only problem might be shipping costs and member trust though everyone here seems trustworthy so far.

Russ

eBay.

Russ, NCNE

tmot99

I've been keeping them and making another set for daughter #1 (3 years old). At some point, I will work at upgrading her sets and building sets for daughter #2 (9 months old). If they don't get the coin collecting bug, I can always sell them off or trade them. The oldest shows occassional interest in coin collecting. Well, that is to say that she is already asking me for money.

LeeG

I'm fortunate in that a coworker always buy's mine. Lee

numobri

My last deal went like this,

I sold three coins for a check,

I traded in four coins,plus a check (aboved check),plus a check,plus some cash,

Worked for me.

oreville

I try not to sell my undergrades. I keep them all. Do a grading set of them all, etc.

It helps to slow me down from making yet another expensive upgrade!!!

nwcs

Anyone else want to chime in?

rb7557

eBAY is where the extras go..... tmott you're lucky, she's not 16 yet. Then they want 20's and 50's. Oh yeah, at 16 they think your very foolish for spending $100 for a quarter.

MadMonk

I usually sell after an upgrade. I've only traded one coin back to a specialist dealer. I had originally bought the coin from him, and he did give me a full purchase price credit.

stev32k

I've started getting my replaced coins graded and selling them on ebay.

Shamika

I always try do a trade.

Barry

Sell, usually ebay

XpipedreamR

It's difficult for me to get rid of old coins, because if I bought them, there's something I liked about them in the first place.

WaterSport

If the Lincoln is before 1930, I am now using the slabbed coin to upgrade my Capital Board collection. Everything else goes to Ebay.

WS

anablep

I usually sell them to my local dealer in town.

mgoodm3

I haven't really gotten to that point yet. Some of the cheaper raw coins I have bought are being given away slowly. More expensive stuff will probably be sold at some point.

mtnman

I hate to part with any coin. I end up keeping all of them.

WACoinGuy

<< <i>I've been keeping them and making another set for daughter #1 (3 years old). At some point, I will work at upgrading her sets and building sets for daughter #2 (9 months old). If they don't get the coin collecting bug, I can always sell them off or trade them. The oldest shows occassional interest in coin collecting. Well, that is to say that she is already asking me for money. >>



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