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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4701975, member: 101855&quot;]The prices for the 1796 Quarter have gone up a lot since the 1980s. The day I bought the one you see above, there was another <b>one </b><i><b>on the same bid wall</b>.</i> As you can see this was not, &quot;You average &#039;junky coin&#039; bid wall operation.&quot; All of the big players in Boston came to buy there. That included JJ Teaparty and New England Rare Coin Galleries which was James Halprin&#039;s store before he merged with Steve Ivy to form Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one was about 10 to 15 points higher in grade, and I couldn&#039;t swing that one. Fortunately, fate was on my side and I ended up with this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in those days circulated early U.S. coins were not hot items in the coin market. If they had been, I would not have gotten this coin. All of the &quot;big players&quot; were buying &quot;Gem Uncs.&quot; at strong prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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