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Rest in Peace
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Used to be people had to go to a bookstore or liberry to half-read a book and figger their common coins are worth a fortune. Now, they can do bad research on their computer and never leave the house.
I got a call from a guy who had a big penny with vdb on one side and an S and 1909 on the other. "I looked it up on the Internet, and it's worth $500-2000."
So I asked if what he meant by "big" was around three inches, and he said yes. I told him coins are coin size, he had a coaster.
I'm water-mellowing in my old age. I used to tell them I couldn't afford it, and recommend a competitor. Share the wealth and all.
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Forum Dad
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My soda is sitting on one right now.
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Rest in Peace
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Biggfredd, that is too much.  |
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New Member
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What's wrong with Technology...big Fred....Welcome to the 21st Century!
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Pillar of the Community
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I used to tell them I couldn't afford it, and recommend a competitor. Share the wealth and all.
I have done some of the sort in the past myself. Not with coins, but when I was recruiting I would send the people with the 8th grade educations who could not pass the mini test in the recruiting office down to see the Army recruiter. After the rocket surgeon would leave, I would get all grades of flak from the Army guys for sending the guy down to them. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Tim,
Marine recruiters do the same thing. :D
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Moderator
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 Good one indeed biggfred. Wish I had one of those 3" wide coasters. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
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"Is it 3 inches in diameter?"
"Yeah."
"Pull! Yar har har har!"
"... I don't get it."
*Click*
:-)
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Valued Member
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The bigger the coin the more it's worth right?  Somewhere I have a huge belt buckle that looks like a bright shiny Roosevelt dime. Maybe I could get a fortune for that you think?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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People never cease to amaze me in how they think. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I guess I need to pull that one out of my safe now....HAHA :)
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Bedrock of the Community
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BUT just how do you know that his wasn't a real 09S VDB that got stretched? What if it was in a place where it could have swelled up to that size? What if that is the way the first ones were made but no one knows it? What if that coin passed through a time,space warp and came back as the type of coinage used in another universe? |
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Posted 03/06/2012 6:06 pm
