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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okbustchaser, post: 2133256, member: 72642&quot;]Ah, yes.&nbsp; The &quot;good old days&quot; when even magazines like &quot;Popular Mechanics&quot; (the source of the OP ad) ran classified ads for everything from coins and stamps to fur bearing animals.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1964 (the year I started buying coins from dealers other than my local shop) I replied to an ad in Popular Mechanics from Delmarco Products just like the one he ran in 1957 for large cents.&nbsp; Ended up with total junk--worn out, scratched, and, in one case that I especially remember, a hunk of corroded copper that I couldn&#039;t even identify the type--let alone the date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Never bought from a classified ad in Popular Mechanics again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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