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When Is It Time To Retire From Numismatics?

Last week I had dinner with a decades-long dealer friend that I hadn’t seen since before the pandemic. We had done a lot of business back and forth for more than 35 years. We’re both over the age of 65 and still love the work we are doing.

One of the subjects we discussed is when would be the “right time” to retire from being a numismatic dealer or collector. We did not

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