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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 02/02/2008 : 19:56:09
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A new flea market opened in town and today I decided to take a visit and look around. Alot of surplus dept. store stuff and knives from those cable shows were present, but nothing too special. But there was a couple of regular people selling stuff and one lady had a bag of pennies for $4. I didnt know why she was selling them, but at a closer look they were all wheats (about 100-150). She was quick to say that they were her grandpas and wanted to sell them here than return them to a bank. So I bought them and the bag had:
30 1943 steel wheats
2 1909 wheats (No VDB's though)
about 25 from 1910's to 1940 (The rarest being a 1926-S worth $3.15)
and the rest 1941-1958
What was a shocker was a 1892 Indian Head and a 1949 silver dime were mixed in. What a Day!
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Ryedale
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 02/04/2008 : 20:47:30
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| Nice bag of coins.......Good job. |
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Know Common Cents
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 02/04/2008 : 22:45:19
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| I think that by Spring or Summer when the yard sales or rummage sales are held not for fun, but financial survival, there'll be may more great opportunities like this. People in a financial pinch will try to sell old coin collections, Grandma's sterling silver and anything else that may have some tangible value. Cash will be king. Great catch, Robarons. |
Here in Wisconsin, we have some of the highest property and gasoline taxes in the US. We're squeezed so much, I have to make my daughter wear penny boxes for shoes. At least she has an endless supply. |
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Posted - 02/06/2008 : 03:46:32
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| the irony is they are trading these things in for fiat currency, worthless pieces of paper. so its a total loss for them. |
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