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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Old Sarge, post: 1943448, member: 15348&quot;]Doug444.&nbsp; You are right.&nbsp; It was the German piece, not the Austrian piece I was thinking about.&nbsp; Regardless, the alloy used in Austria was was very hard and did not always strike up well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Jello;&nbsp; Two comments.&nbsp; The 1916 10 Heller is NOT silver although there are a very few pattern/experimental 10 Heller of 1916 in a low grade silver.&nbsp; Very rare, most melted.&nbsp; Also, a JUNQUE (note high class spelling) box and a junk box used to be two different things.&nbsp; The JUNQUE box was full of nice coins at discounted prices.&nbsp; The junk box was exactly that and generally priced at 25 cents/5 for $1/make an offer for the whole box price.&nbsp; Sold more damn 100 coin boxes that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, I use to give my young 8 year old daughter that&nbsp; were candidates for a junk box.&nbsp; We found an old wooden nail keg at a yard sale and an old ammo box.&nbsp; She would set up with me.&nbsp; Her sign read &quot;Emily&#039;s Really Inexpensive Foreign Coins&quot;.&nbsp; At her first show in Sulfer, Louisiana, they even gave her a table free.&nbsp; Everybody at the show (dealers and customers alike) came over.&nbsp; She made money hand over fist.&nbsp; Her net sales at the end of the show exceeded $100.00.&nbsp; Talk about being a happy kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Memories, precious memories.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul, the Old Sarge[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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