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<p>[QUOTE="silentnviolent, post: 1486520, member: 8797"]A friend of mine was at an estate sale and bought a bunch of boxes of "junk" and in one of the boxes was a coffee can full of them. He called a guy to buy them and agreed to sell them for $7 apiece and then came over to my house. The guy couldn't make it to the bank till after 3:00.</p><p><br /></p><p> He says "This guy is paying less than melt and said he was gonna scrap 'em. I just want to see if there's anything good in there."</p><p><br /></p><p> I picked out the '16s and the obv. MM '17s and showed them to him in the book. I also told him the current spot value for the common ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>He says, "Well, this guy is about to pay me way more than I got 'em for, and he's just gonna scrap 'em anyway. You collect these things and I'd rather see them go to a collection than a melting pot. You can just keep the ones you picked out, and here's some more for helping me out!" :thumb: <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :bow: In the end I talked him into accepting $100 and a case of beer, to be drunk on a future date.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope the guy didn't buy them all. I almost raided my star note collection for more!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Honesty pays and this is proof![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silentnviolent, post: 1486520, member: 8797"]A friend of mine was at an estate sale and bought a bunch of boxes of "junk" and in one of the boxes was a coffee can full of them. He called a guy to buy them and agreed to sell them for $7 apiece and then came over to my house. The guy couldn't make it to the bank till after 3:00. He says "This guy is paying less than melt and said he was gonna scrap 'em. I just want to see if there's anything good in there." I picked out the '16s and the obv. MM '17s and showed them to him in the book. I also told him the current spot value for the common ones. He says, "Well, this guy is about to pay me way more than I got 'em for, and he's just gonna scrap 'em anyway. You collect these things and I'd rather see them go to a collection than a melting pot. You can just keep the ones you picked out, and here's some more for helping me out!" :thumb: :cool: :bow: In the end I talked him into accepting $100 and a case of beer, to be drunk on a future date. I hope the guy didn't buy them all. I almost raided my star note collection for more!!! :eek: Honesty pays and this is proof![/QUOTE]
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