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I have seen several very old threads here that are now out of the database, went cold for a long time, or got locked somehow. I for one absolutely love hearing what other fellow CCF'ers find throughout their coin adventures in bargin basement collections for sale.

I myself have multiple finds like that, but won't post anything till I see that it is ok by a moderator.
Or coinfrog...
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 Posted 05/11/2022  8:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
By all means start a new thread. This is hardly an ethical issue.
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 Posted 05/11/2022  9:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mrwhatisit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Or if our very respectable coinfrog says something

Found this in a box of foreign coins some time ago at my local LCS and was a part of their pricing at 12 coins for $2.00. I gently asked them if they knew they accidentally put a CWT in there, and they were just a tad surprised and glad I said something. They then included it for the same price as all the other foreign finds as well, as they knew me as a repeat customer.

ND(1863) patriotic CWT, Fuld-299/350 dies, union cannon, army and navy, grades a nice AU to me.

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A few of mine from over the years:
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1865 over 3 UK penny, picked up for 50 centimes (then 10C US) in France in 1976
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Really nice French 1882A 50 centimes, was 5p (then about 3 cents) in my local Antique Center in the mid-1980s
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1857 Seated Liberty quarter - cost me all of 10p (then about 14c) from a tray of coins in an Antique shop in Plymouth, England in the 1990s.

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I once found a VF ish 1913-S TY-2 Buffalo nickel in a LCS 65 cent buffalo bin, employees were notified and they decided to honor the 65 cent price tag. I declined and returned the coin to the coin shop as I don't want to profit off someone's mistake. they thanked me for it.
I guess they saw it as a token of good faith, too, as I am now good friends to the owners and employees, and working in the shop as a intern.(too young to be hired) owner did say he will hire me when he can though. so yeah, job oppotunity, got WAY more than what I bargained for that day, great people and coin shop, can't complain.

also once found a AU details, cleaned 1905-P IHC at a local coin show dealer junk bin for 50 cents. sold it some times later.
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 Posted 11/04/2022  12:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Excellent finds!

I am glad your decision has brought you a long term relationship.
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 Posted 02/26/2023  02:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ilsesee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I found this beauty in a junkbox the gr.silver for 1.20 $
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I found this beauty in a junkbox the gr.silver for 1.20 $
Outstanding!
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 Posted 02/27/2023  8:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Khromtau to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You could say I got this out of a junk box, there were some other things in it but I don't remember what they were.

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Wow!

$1.20 for that 1920 Denver mint Mercury dime.
I will buy that anytime.
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You could say I got this out of a junk box, there were some other things in it but I don't remember what they were.
Very interesting!
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 Posted 03/07/2023  12:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ilsesee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
One of my last finds from sunday.
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 Posted 03/08/2023  12:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ilsesee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I could not resist I took it
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