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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;vdbpenny1995, post: 1243908, member: 32122&quot;]I want this thread to be on people stories on how people stumbled across amazing coins and hopefully this will become a large thread. Ill start with 2 small stories on awesome finds!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1) when I first started out collecting coin about 4 years ago, my mom told me at the local thrift shop that there was a necklace with a big coin in it. she told me it was 20 dollars and that she should just buy it incase it sells fast (She doesnt no much about coins and thought this one was cool looking) when she brought it home I saw it and realized it was a Morgan dollar from 1878. I was happy with it cuz its in about MS 61 or AU58 condition and later when I looked at it I saw it was an 1878 CC minted morgan dollar! I was SO excited! I safely took it out of the bezel (Silver bezel) with out damaging the coin and got a Great coin for such a GREAT price!</p><p><br /></p><p>2) My mom went to an estate sale with this women was basicaly boxing everything she had and selling them by the boxes for prices made up on the spot. my mom bought so much stuff with amazing political memerobilia, but when she was going through some books that where in a box, a little small envolope fell out of the book labeled March, 1877 and when she opened it she found 10 fractional currency peices all of which but one would grade ATLEAST AU58 (going to send them in later this month!) and decided to let me have them all as an early birthday present! it consisted of all first issue notes and one of the noted had an inverted back (50 cent 1st issue) and the condition was superb! after some research, I found out that there are only 3 known inverted backs of the first issue 50 cent piece and I discovered the 4th one!!! There was no better feeling! And after looking at past auction records, it should bring $2,000 plus dollars and appears to be the best condition one out of all 4 IMO (still need to get it graded to be sure) </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;SO after reading those I want to read your guys&#039;s stories like this! CANT WAIT! (ps: sorry for the spelling errors im typing this quick)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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