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Kirk was my contact, and he was a pleasure to work with. Prior to meeting Kirk, I visited most of the shops in the GTA and did not find even one that I could trust, most of them would offer you 10% of their actual value. The tricky thing about coins is their value is based on the grade of the coin and one grade change for rare coins can equate to hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Way back my dad did appraisals and told me to never ever leave a collection with a dealer for appraisal. At one point he appraised the same collection twice in about two years, it was a very good collection and there was one ultra rare coin in that collection that got "downgraded" during an appraisal by a sketchy dealer. The difference in value today IIRC would be 100k, the owner had no idea what had happened, my father was quite upset at the time but nothing could be done.
If in doubt pickup a copy of the Charlton guide, it does a decent job of showing what defines one grade vs. another and lets you determine if you have anything rare, if you do, get it certified.
I sold everything quite a while back, including a 1948 MS-62, I also had a really rare dime, it's entertaining to watch these guys when they spot a good one, they look and then really examine it and then want to show it to everyone in the shop.
A super rare 36 dot, 1c sold for over $400,000 recently, now that would be the worlds most expensive washer;-)