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Message:: [QUOTE="ROBERT THOMASON, post: 2604096, member: 84116"]Congratulations on finding a nice piece of historic copper. Sometimes I marvel that something like that has even survived to this day. Yours has obviously been passed around by untold numbers of past owners, which, IMO, only adds to its cachet. Also, it's always nice to find a friendly, 'family type' coin shop where you don't feel pressured into a purchase. Too many 'commercial' coin shops out there now. At one time, too many years ago to even think about now, most dealers would take the time to just 'talk coins' and educate young collectors. The first shop I visited, as a boy, was such a place. It was old, and cluttered, and dusty.... a real experience just going there. I still remember the box of circulated Indian Head cents they had.... priced at a dollar a dozen. I probably spent an hour picking through them to find the nicest ones! I bought my first Red Book there, too. At that time, it was much more common for kids to collect things: coins, stamps, baseball cards. I don't think they do that so much anymore..... So sad. They're really missing out on a lot. (Unsolicited memories of an Old Timer.....)[/QUOTE]