>>20870766>The true lucky ones are the boomies who hired you.They're the "exception that proves the rule" about boomers being greedy turds, it's beautiful how honest, kind and charitable they are so I'm very blessed. I'll send you more details/info privately so you can see what I mean.
I always thought it was crazy how they'd sell so much foreign silver coinage (and silverware/jewelry) for exactly melt value; worn colonial Spanish reales, big windmill reichsmarks, Canadian 5 cent fishscales and innumerable other goodies along with grubby but nice cleanable US silver dollars as gravy on top. Never made sense, but my dad and I were happy to feast upon the cheapies.
Turns out the problem is that they are(were) simply too damn busy to research or try getting a fair price; their buy/sell spreads are narrower than any other shop I've ever seen so they're hands-down the most beloved and trusted coin shop and gold/silver buyer and dealer for hours in any direction which means they're constantly swamped with business. They know that they're letting good stuff go far too cheap, but it's because they have to triage and focus on whatever generates the most income locally. Listing and shipping $50 foreign coins online is worthwhile for every other dealer because they hardly get any business in comparison, but my LCS *always* has customers all day, often lines of them with a wait time even with the 3 of us all attending to people so they don't have the time to research or sell stuff properly, and that's where I come in! Besides my experience with routine gold and silver bullion/constitutional and scrap I have a keen eye for the arcane weird things that the owners aren't familiar with and bring valuable insight into how and where to sell. I've been pulling from dusty corners and selling many thousands worth of that unusual forgotten inventory that they truly knew nothing about and were at risk of selling for peanuts, so they are as happy as I am about me joining the team
