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I found a bag of coins in a box and after dumping them out on the table immediately spotted a Three Cent piece, a silver Canadian quarter and a holed Canadian dime. The man whose space I was in came over and said I could have the entire bag of coins for $5.00. I put all the coins back in the bag paid the man and left. I sorted through the coins and found the Three Cent piece, 1867 EF-40, an 1887 Indian cent good at best, a Barber quarter 1893 that is worn almost completely slick, two wheat ear Lincolns, two memorial back Lincolns, a very worn 1867 Belgian coin with Leopold II on the obverse, two silver Canadian quarters, five silver Canadian dimes one with a hole in it, A 1944-D Philippine ten centavo piece in AU and a 5 cent good for token from Hickey Brothers Store # 29 Hotel La Salle South Bend, IL and a big pile of other foreign coins.   At another table I found two Australian three pence coins dated 1922 and 1943 and purchased them for 50 cents.  This was the best coin finds I've had at this flea market. ANA LM-3175 |
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That's a nice score. Looks like there's enough silver to pay you back the $5 and then some  I really like the '22 and '44 Australian three pence and the '44-D Philippines ten centavos. John1  |
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Great pick-up!
I got to try flea markets. A dealer at the last show I went to said he does well at them also.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The Three Cent piece more than paid for the whole bag so all the silver came for free. |
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Yeah, that Three Cent piece is a winner. Very nice. Just my Two Cents (I just had to say that  ). |
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Love the 3 cent peice! Flea markets can be fun to look at. I mostly found picked over coins where I live. It is a retirement commmunity, so many collectors, I think.
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Nothing like having a little luck on your side. Great scores!
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Very nice, I don't have much luck at the flea market.
Makes me want to go back out and look though. Nice score.
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Pillar of the Community
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Guys keep looking out at the flea markets you never know when you will score a find like this. I am really surprised this guy didn't sort through his bag of coins as he comes out there on a regular basis and seems to know enough about what he brings and what the stuff is worth. An update about the Three Cent piece, it has a rotated reverse, about 40% counter clockwise. I'll post a picture tomorrow of the coin in a 2x2 showing a close up of the obverse and reverse. It is a bit dirty and I am NOT going to try to clean it. Is that enough to make it worthwhile to have it sent in to a grading service to be graded and attributed as an error? If so, then which would be the preferred service for this type of error PCGS or NGC? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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My greatest finds have been from flea markets, garage/yard sales and even estate sales.
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Posted 04/18/2011 06:56 am
