The guy selling old silver coins at the coin show last week was practically giving them away. I think that he either really needed the money, or just wanted to reduce his inventory. I paid only five dollars for a coin that I know is worth twenty dollars at least. I talked with him about it, and he told me that he only had five dollars into it, so that was all he needed back.

I walked around to a few other vendors who sell coins usually every weekend here and asked them about the guy selling old silver coins dirt cheap. They told us that he just recently closed down his pawn shop that he had been running for over thirty years and just really wanted to unload as much merchandise that he could and by offering everything lower, he was trying to insure that it indeed happened.

I would think that if you come to a show, to sell coins that you should be able to get at least their market value since you are dealing with people that are experts in this area. I feel kind of bad with getting my silver coin for only a quarter of what it is worth, but it is what the guy insisted on.