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<p>[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 2352535, member: 76105"]So, two days ago I casually walked into the coin shop. I looked around the display cases and found a damaged 1867 2 cent piece for $1.50 (now a pocket piece) and an 1843 Seated dime for $4.50. Yeah, I was on a roll, even though the 1843 wasn't in the best of shape. Nothing in the 50 cent bins. However, no coin shop visit is complete wothout some junk silver. But what if I cherrypicked the junk silver?</p><p><br /></p><p>I asked to look in the junk silver dime bin. There, some on the surface and some hiding, were some pretty neat earlier date Mercs. I picked out five "cherries": a 1923, a 1927-S, a 1928-D, a 1920-D, and last but not least... A 1916 with a mintmark on the back! In fact, the coin shop owner is awesome and even helped me hunt! Kudos to him! Here are some photos of my finds:[ATTACH=full]479088[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]479089[/ATTACH]</p><p>(These five Mercs cost $7)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 2352535, member: 76105"]So, two days ago I casually walked into the coin shop. I looked around the display cases and found a damaged 1867 2 cent piece for $1.50 (now a pocket piece) and an 1843 Seated dime for $4.50. Yeah, I was on a roll, even though the 1843 wasn't in the best of shape. Nothing in the 50 cent bins. However, no coin shop visit is complete wothout some junk silver. But what if I cherrypicked the junk silver? I asked to look in the junk silver dime bin. There, some on the surface and some hiding, were some pretty neat earlier date Mercs. I picked out five "cherries": a 1923, a 1927-S, a 1928-D, a 1920-D, and last but not least... A 1916 with a mintmark on the back! In fact, the coin shop owner is awesome and even helped me hunt! Kudos to him! Here are some photos of my finds:[ATTACH=full]479088[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]479089[/ATTACH] (These five Mercs cost $7)[/QUOTE]
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