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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was daydreaming today and imagined myself at a garage sale, looking through a box marked "old coins." I see few Barber dimes, and notice an 1894. I hold my breath as I turn it over, and... there it is. THE "S" MINTMARK. I am able to retain my composure as I ask the seller how much he wants for it. He takes a brief glance, and mutters, "Well, it's pretty old, how about $25?" For some reason, I decide that I want to dicker with him, in spite of the incredible circumstances. I offer him $20, and he says, "Sure. Have a nice day." I take the 1894-S, pay him, and saunter down the driveway to my car, like nothing special has happened. It's not till I get home that I start screaming happy things. Well, that didn't happen, but I am wondering if you have ever had a similar circumstance where you unexpectedly found a remarkable coin and were able to keep it? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I deal alot with Bullion dealers who let me sort their buys before the send them out to melt them. My three best buys: 1916D Walking Liberty half in MS; 1903S Barber dime in AU; 1945P Merc with full split bands. And maybe the coin I bought yesterday; an 1847 Austrian Thaler for $18 in EF. I can't find any comps for it. |
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
856 Posts |
Yup. And both on ebay, oddly enough. One coin is only the second known with that mint mark and I later swapped it with another collector for another rarity, for which I'd have had to pay at least five times what I did for the original coin. The other was this:  Yeah, a bit beat up. But a very difficult coin to find with a reasonable portrait. I put in a bid for what I could afford which was in the several hundreds and after a week I found .. I was the only bidder and I got it for the opening price. Very pleased! I still get the same sort of daydreams as jpsned though. There are always more rarities out there and it's fun to imagine finding them for a bargain price! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ok heres mine, its a typical Saturday night and I'm cracking penny rolls with my g/f while watching lock-up on tv. much to my shock out comes a 1943 copper d penny in ms67 red after spending the last 50 years in some old ladies change jar of bu wheat pennies which was turned in by her heirs when she passed.
that's my daydream.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
856 Posts |
Mine involves a time machine and a visit to the 17th century to pick up coins before time and clipping have taken their toll!
And if anyone happens to have a time machine ... please pm me!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found this on ebay for $510 [URL="http://s628.photobucket.com/user/chris12018/media/IMG_20120606_064238.jpg.html]  [/URL] [URL="http://s628.photobucket.com/user/chris12018/media/IMG_20120606_064252.jpg.html]  [/URL]   Edited by chris12018
04/21/2013 11:02 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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got this is change at 7:11  mint error, struck on unknown planchet. sold it for $750 and used the $$$ get into collecting. LOTS of awesome surprises from ebay, and some cool finds from buildings being torn down (job). every time I score I deal I give away a coin to someone on the forum, karma usually pays me back with another surprise! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've told this on this forum before. And it's a true story.
At a coin show I was wandering around like I usually do early as dealers are just setting up. One dealer had just put a box of Nickels on his table. I looked and they were all Indian Head, Buffalo, Nickels. All looked in fantastic shape so I asked how much. This dealer was busy shooting the breeze with someone he knew so he gave me a thanks for interupting look. But he blurted out 3 for $1. The first one I picked up was a 3 legged, 37D and in fantastic shape. Again I tried to say how much. Again, he looked at me as if I should take a walk. I picked up that one and several others and handed him $5 for 20 of them. He grabbed the $5 and continued talking to his friend. One last time I started to tell him buy he now completely ignored me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Probably the 1867 2 cent I pulled out of a counting machine reject slot.
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