Imagine Finding THIS is a Junk Bin.

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  1. ArthurK11

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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Wow!
    All my LCS in their junk box is junk.
     
  4. halfcent1793

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  5. Evan Saltis

    Evan Saltis OWNER - EBS Numis LLC Supporter

    Define junk... are we talking like france aluminum 5 FR? or bahamas cents? Or is junk more like dateless buffs
     
  6. Andrew Snovell

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  7. bikergeek

    bikergeek Active Member

    @ArthurK11 is this autobiographical or are you just imagining? If this happened to you, and that's your coin, then all I can say is WOW!
     
  8. John Burgess

    John Burgess Well-Known Member

    At my LCS, all the stuff in the junk bin are in lenses or in littleton baggies. :)
     
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  9. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

    I followed that story on Reddit while it was unfolding. I live in the Pacific Northwest as well, and I've found some pretty great things in PNW junk bins, but nothing like this...
     
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  10. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Like Bahamas cents and lots of Israeli proof coins that were broken out of sets.
     
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  11. ArthurK11

    ArthurK11 Active Member

    Can you link the thread? I'd love to read it.
     
  12. ArthurK11

    ArthurK11 Active Member

    Not my coin, but if you click the link you can read a short story about it. I just spiced it up a bit.
     
  13. bikergeek

    bikergeek Active Member

    Ah, I looked at the post earlier but missed the info at the top. Thanks for pointing it out! This is such a great cherry-pick!

    I can imagine myself nonchalantly saying to the proprietor, "I'll take these." (I'd include a few others just to avoid too much focus on this one item). Or would I negotiate? "You want six bucks for this junk, I'll give ya three fifty!"

    After the transaction was complete and I had my receipt - would I celebrate right there, or would I wait until I got out to the car to celebrate?
     
  14. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    I enjoy huntin dealer junk bins. I've never found anything 1% as valuable as this that was missed. But, I've found a few things just under that threshold...
     
  15. harrync

    harrync Well-Known Member

    My best deal was 50c for a 1 yen note worth $100. The dealer did not know that the Japanese character serial numbers [rather than the much more common Arabic numbers] was worth $99.50 more. Worst missed deal: my brother and I and his [ex] friend were in a shop on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills [is there still a coin shop on Rodeo Drive?] "Friend" asked "How much for that set?" Clerk: "$250" My brother whispers to friend: "Buy it, buy it, great deal; if you don't buy, I will." "Friend": "No, stay out of this. [to clerk]: Will you take $200?" Clerk: "I'll ask the boss." Clerk "OOPs, I almost made a big mistake. I misread the price; it's $1,250." "Friend": "Ask your boss if he'll take $1,000?" Needless to say, my brother never went coin shopping with him again.
     
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  16. ArthurK11

    ArthurK11 Active Member

    My biggest thought here is how the coin ended up in the junk box and I'm not necessarily talking about the dealer either. Sure he should've looked more carefully at what he had, but how did the coin end up in the shop in the first place? I'm thinking some grandpa spent a lot of money on the coin and held on to it for decades only for his decedents to sell it for melt once he passed away. Makes you think about what will happen to your collection when you're gone.
     
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  17. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Phenomenal find. If it had been me, the large stain on the front of my pants might have tipped off the dealer.
    thank goodness the buyer had the good sense not to clean off the newsprint transfer.
     
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  18. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Note to self: always wear black or navy blue when going through junk boxes. You never know.
     
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  19. john65999

    john65999 Well-Known Member

    looks like it is counterstamped on the obverse??why they did not state that on the label??
     
  20. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    That would be newsprint transfer. You might even be able to ID the date of the paper it was wrapped up in from that many letters/words...
     
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