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Message:: [QUOTE="jhinton, post: 1243935, member: 24410"]When I was still in the army, I would make my rounds to all the pawn shops in about a 30 mile area. They got to know me pretty well and would call me for my opinions on certain coins and when they bought a collection I always had first chance. It was a win-win for all involved. Well, there was this one pawnshop owner who thought he knew everything there was to know about coins and currency. He was also not consistent as in one week he would try to cheat me and the next week he would be fair. He taught me more than anyone about how to walk away from a deal. Well, one day he called me and said he had a $500 note and was I interested. I said sure and we made plans to meet that afternoon. Well I didn’t really have a lot of cash at the moment but I took a couple boxes of coins to trade as we had done that in the past. When I got there and he showed me the note it was a Star note! It graded VF and I guessed the retail was around 3K-3.5K. I asked him how much he wanted and he proceeded to tell me that this was a rare note because it was a star note and said he wouldn’t take less than $900 for it. I gave him $500 cash and we traded for the remainder. I sold that note 2 weeks later to another dealer for a nice profit![/QUOTE]