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Message:: [QUOTE="Mat, post: 3748574, member: 21445"]Same with me when I got into the hobby in the mid-80s. MY LCS had a bid board and with my allowance, I would buy low grade u.s. coins or supplies. With birthday or x-mas money I felt like a king and was able to participate in the bid board. Most of the time I won common morgans, a few canadian silvers, "grab bags" which weren't too bad for a kid. They also held a month coin club right across the street at a park. That's when my parents would take me & my dad would participate in the raffles. He'd win every time. Never the gold prizes though. One was an 1826 Capped Bust Half in about VF shape I still own it. They also would give me problem buffalo nickles, Vcoins, Wheaties and so on just because I was a kid. They closed shop in the early 90s, never knew why. It was vacant for decades. Now it's an eyeglass/optometry. The good old days.[/QUOTE]