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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 442966, member: 13650&quot;]Yeah, it was a good day in Dubuque, Ia.&nbsp; They had a coin show going on at the greyhound park &amp; casino, and on the other side of town there was a gun show.&nbsp; We hit both.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Here&#039;s some of what I brought home:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/coinalbum2/IMG_0251.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/coinalbum2/IMG_0252.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/coinalbum2/IMG_0253.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I ended up trading in a few common &quot;O&quot; Morgans on this Peace dollar.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been wanting a nice 1935 and this was a nice one.&nbsp; The reverse looked well struck to me.&nbsp; They were selling it well below Red Book.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I picked up a 1955 MS Franklin for the album.&nbsp; There was a 54-S I wanted next to it but by the time I got back around to the guy, the 54-S was gone. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Got this 37-S quarter for $2.50.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not the greatest condition but I&#039;m sure this was the cheapest one in the place.&nbsp; I only saw one more for several hundred dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Bought a BU Alaska quarter for my one album since they were there and finally I got this 1910-S Barber half just because I wanted a Barber.&nbsp; Nothing special.&nbsp; I looked for all the key dates that have been talked about here but, I really found out why they&#039;re key dates.&nbsp; They weren&#039;t there!&nbsp; Very few of the key Barbers around.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; My cousin bought a 4 oz. silver $100 dollar bill for $65.00, which I thought was pretty good. (They were selling for over 120.00 on ebay two months ago.)</p><p>&nbsp; At least there was a sign of bullion coming down.&nbsp; He got some more silver too.&nbsp; Negotiated the guy down to 12.50 but that was it, for just plain rounds.&nbsp; That took a lot of haggling.&nbsp; He said at 12 he&#039;d be losing money.&nbsp; That was bottom dollar.&nbsp; I picked up some silver at 15.00 and that guy had to think about it for 5 minutes, like I was killing him.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I very nearly purchased a BU 1893 Columbian half with amazing blue toning around the rims.&nbsp; The dealer wanted 100 dollars for it.&nbsp; I talked to him a few times.&nbsp; Then I came back later.&nbsp;&nbsp; I said I&#039;ll give you 80 for it, thinking maybe he would deal.&nbsp;&nbsp; He then rudely says, &quot;No you won&#039;t!&quot;.&nbsp; So I was like &quot;ooook!!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; I walked away.&nbsp; It&#039;s a shame because I really wanted it but, oh well.&nbsp; He said if I was buying a thousand of them he&#039;d consider a 20% discount.&nbsp; Ok, whatever.&nbsp; Too much available to put up with B.S. opinions.&nbsp;&nbsp; I hope he took it back home.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; All in all, the selection was overwhelming.&nbsp; Very hard to choose.&nbsp; A lot of people there and a lot of buying going on from what I saw.&nbsp;&nbsp; Small room but 40 dealers packed in tight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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