Coin Collection Finding
Georgems65
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Need some help on where to look to buy coin collections. I am 20 and was able to purchase my first one at the being of summer for 3000. Lets me tell you that i made out good. Got the money back already and still have half of the coins left. I want to refrain from doing what everyone else does by advertising that they buy coins. I am not really a dealer. I just buy to sell when i can to make a lil money. I was toying with the idea of going to estate sales and just asking if they have any collections. Any other suggestions on other ways to come across them.
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EState sales, garage sales (ask if they have any coins, you might be suprised), word of mouth.
I wouldnt run an ad in the paper, youll get a million calls for rare "Hay" pennies.
Congrats on your buy, but dont think thats a normal occurance. If you come across 3 deals like that in your lifetime thats a pretty good rate.
Good luck and enjoy!
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<< <i>In addition to the suggestions already posted, I like antique auctions. A little more competition on the coins than estate sales I think, but they are usually antique dealers who sell coins versus coin dealers, so you can often get some deals. >>
I think this list may about be as comprehensive as possible. There are coin auctions
you'll see advertised in the coin papers but you'll be bidding against lots of dealers
and relatively few collections will go cheap. Word of mouth will probably prove inef-
fective for this.
Antique auctions can prove great but there is a tendency for junk to sell at very high
prices. Conversely though if something really good ever did slip through you might
be able to pick it up cheap.
Most coin dealers either have a shop to get walkins or have a network of contacts.