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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ordinary or low end antique shops can be a treasure trove if you are there at the right time. I walked into the one that is about a mile down the road from my house a few months ago to find a lady buying five nice 3 cent silvers, three AU $2 red seals, and a half dozen or so dated common Buffaloes. She managed to talk the guy down from what ever he was asking before I walked in to $25. I wanted to cry. I just had to finish off that pot of coffee before I left the house. I drink a very very good variety of Kenyan AA, but it ain't that good to miss such a deal as that.
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Valued Member
United States
188 Posts |
That is to cool! I keep hoping to run accros that situation when I visit the local stores. LOL So far no joy.
A most excellent find!
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Valued Member
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Nice find! Pics would be great!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Awesome deal bilboleslie!
Stopped in an antique shop that displayed about 20 au/bu Morgans for $32 each
but I don't know what to look for and figured they were commons and browsed the shop for
about a half hour (great antiques).
When leaving a noticed a basket of coins in 2x2's, saw slq's for $7 and unc. war nic's
for $3 at a glance. We were late so I couldn't investigate.
I'll be back with cash in about a week or so. I'm not expecting anything great
but I will but something!
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice! It's always nice to be able to find a deal.
You've got to wonder how cheap the owner of the store got the coins for in order to sell them at $45 to make a profit. Somebody got spanked! Ouch!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Keep on going to that place before they catch on to coin values.
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New Member
United States
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That is what makes this hobby fun
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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All of the antique dealers I have come across at least have a copy of Krause. So if they ever get motivated enough to present them for sale, the price they offer them for is based on this reference. That seems to be the way they view their pricing policy, especially if they know nothing about coins.
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Valued Member
United States
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You find a deal like that around here. Last time I was in an antique shop here, the one dealer that had any silver coins wanted about 2X Spot for them. Most appeared to be culls. I just chuckled and walked out.
This brings up a side topic. Friend of mine took a pamp suisse 2.5 gram gold bar to the pawn shop a few weeks back. The bar was sealed in the assay card. The guy at the pawn shop said he couldn't buy it unless he could take it out of the card to test it, LOL. (I don't think he was gonna actually sell it to them anyway)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
89 Posts |
Man I wish there was an antique store near my house... I heard they got some pretty neat stuff
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
Most antiques dealers are knowlegable in all things. Most have expertise in a limited topic and guess or use different guide to price other items. If they buy large lots of mixed merchandise they might let some go cheap to cover the expense of the initial purchase. As a retired antiques dealer I often bought a box of things then sold one item to get my money back then played with the rest. Antique shops are a great place to make a score.
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Valued Member
United States
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Meant to say they are NOT knowlegable in all things.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
850 Posts |
Try an antique mall I had one person mark two 3 cent pieces (nickel) as silver and then those were priced at $5 each. It is amazing what you can find if you look.
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