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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coindad, post: 47672, member: 2860&quot;]This may have been a risky move for a new collector, but my kids and I found an antique dealer in our little town that was going out of business and bought his entire coin collection for $500. We had visited the store before and were excited by the fact that his coin collection was an unorganized mess. We would buy an occasional coin from him and were always amazed how he would pull coins out of various drawers and small baskets and containers filled with loose coins and envelopes. A couple of weeks before he was about to move to Europe, we stopped in and he dumped all of his coins on his desk for us to look at when I decided to make the big move. I had intended to do some detailed searching through the pile before making him an intelligent offer, but the moment took over and before I knew it we had a deal. I had to elbow one of my kids when he pointed out to me that there was a gold coin (.11oz Austrian Ducat) in the pile during my negotiation! (I had already spotted it and covered it up.) To make a long story(and my first post) short, we ended up with around 450 assorted US coins(not counting 600 wheat pennies), and about 450 world coins. We have been busy researching and cataloguing ever since. No major rarities that I&#039;m aware of yet, but lots of interesting coins, some of which I will have to post here eventually for help. Anyway, thought you folks might appreciate the story as we do your fine work in the forums.&nbsp; Keep up the good work. Back to my KM #&#039;s........[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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