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PennySaved
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USA
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Posted - 09/24/2009 :  17:43:16  Show Profile Send PennySaved a Private Message
I had a pretty awesome day today.

I go around to dollar days at one of the local thrift stores.

I saw a Yomaha motorcycle exhaust pipe that was originally marked at $39 that I got for a $1.

I picked it up because I figured I could scrap it. When I realized it was new, I decided to take it to my local ebay store to see if it was worth anything beyond scrap value.

I had also bid on 2 coins listed at the ebay store and won them. One was a 1853 with arrows half dime good condition and a 1888 S dime in VF condition.

I had won both for $9.95 a piece and since I was local didnt have to pay for shipping but did have to pay for state sales tax.

I made him a deal that I would trade him the exhaust pipe for the 2 coins.

So pretty much I got those coins for 50 cents a piece.

Made me pretty happy :)
SELLING COPPER PENNIES 1.4X FACE SHIPPED......“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” Thomas Jefferson

PennySaved
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
1720 Posts
Posted - 09/24/2009 :  21:30:40  Show Profile Send PennySaved a Private Message
So am I a dork with this story?...everyone is quiet

I was sort of proud of myself
SELLING COPPER PENNIES 1.4X FACE SHIPPED......“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” Thomas Jefferson
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
2648 Posts
Posted - 09/24/2009 :  21:34:00  Show Profile Send highroller4321 a Private Message
Nice score! Its always nice to have little scores like this. This thread would have got more attention if it was in a differnt location.
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fb101
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USA
2856 Posts
Posted - 09/24/2009 :  21:38:24  Show Profile Send fb101 a Private Message
No, that was an awesome good deal. Congrats!
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bman
Penny Collector Member



USA
425 Posts
Posted - 09/27/2009 :  13:53:36  Show Profile Send bman a Private Message
you were in the right places at the right times to make that deal! It pays to keep your eyes open at thrift stores and flea markets.
check out my coins for sale on ecrater : http://bmanscoinsforsale.ecrater.com/
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Copper Catcher
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USA
2092 Posts
Posted - 09/27/2009 :  20:15:56  Show Profile Send Copper Catcher a Private Message
Way to go!
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
1664 Posts
Posted - 09/27/2009 :  22:01:51  Show Profile Send daviscfad a Private Message
|Sounds like a good day to me!
Inquiring minds want to know
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
6807 Posts
Posted - 09/28/2009 :  01:44:27  Show Profile Send HoardCopperByTheTon a Private Message
Great story! You actually got 19th century silver coins in decent condition for below melt.
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.

Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available.
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member



USA
601 Posts
Posted - 10/08/2009 :  18:33:29  Show Profile Send just carl a Private Message
Now I wonder if there is a motorcycle web site where someone is bragging how he made out getting a new exhaust pipe for a few old coins. HMMMMM. In this instance everyone came out ahead.
Nice going for you though.
Carl
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rockdude
Penny Sorter Member



USA
28 Posts
Posted - 11/04/2009 :  22:26:15  Show Profile Send rockdude a Private Message
Hey, someone stole my exhaust pipes.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Andy Warhol
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Farmall
Penny Pincher Member



USA
112 Posts
Posted - 11/07/2009 :  18:23:28  Show Profile Send Farmall a Private Message
Good job. I love trading stuff like that. I was metal detecting at a local park last summer and found 2 quarters while there. After I left I found a garage sale and found a nice 10K gold ring in the junk jewelry box and paid for it with the nasty black quarters I had just dug out of the ground.
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