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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EagleEyed, post: 54052, member: 3261&quot;]Greetings!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was made aware of this discussion thread through a entry in the guestbook on my site about getting American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins in change in Curacao during my recent cruise.</p><p><br /></p><p>First let me say that I am happy to have found this message board.&nbsp; I will enjoy reading through the interesting posts here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sorry that my account has caused a minor controversy.&nbsp; I have no way of proving that my story is accurate, but it did happen to me.&nbsp; I see how you feel though, if someone told me they got 14 American Eagles in change from different merchants in the same day I would not be quick to believe them either.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was mentioned in one of the posts that the article seemed more like a diary entry than a journalistic piece.&nbsp; Well, that is basically what it is.&nbsp; I am not a journalist.&nbsp; I am an avid traveller and coin collector who was ecstatic about having my two main hobbies come together in such an unexpected way, so I wanted to tell my tale.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also see that some doubt that I was paid $7.00 each for the 13 worn Eagles that I sold to my local coin dealer.&nbsp; I sold them the day before writing the story.&nbsp; I was in Curacao in early May.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t sell them right away.&nbsp; I believe silver was slightly over $7.00 an ounce on that day.&nbsp; I am a very regular and and very good customer of my local coin dealer, so I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if he offered me a few cents more for the Eagles then he would have someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I did not put my name or any contact information on the site is I do not like advertising that I am a coin collector (for security reasons), even though my good stuff is in a safe deposit box at the bank.&nbsp; I also wasn&#039;t looking for any recognition or trying to sell anyone anything, so I didn&#039;t see the need to put my name on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks for reading my site, and thank you all for turning me on to your interesting message board.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I just put up some pictures of the other coin collecting related items I got in Curacao on the photo page of the circulated eagles site, if anyone is interesed.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.circulatedeagles.friendpages.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.circulatedeagles.friendpages.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.circulatedeagles.friendpages.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>PS...I do not work for the Curacao Tourism Board, lol, I just like the place.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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