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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Noah Worke, post: 8018692, member: 115032&quot;]This here is my first commemorative half, the Columbian Exposition from 1893. I&#039;ve been fascinated with the series, though due to the limited selection of places for me to get coins, I haven&#039;t been able to get my hand on one. Took a trip to Faribault because there is a coin shop up there, and although the antique store here is fine, I wanted to check it out. Had many questionable prices, there were quite a few (to my knowledge) common IHCs priced at 5.50 on the low end and 7.50 USD at the high end for one example. However, there was a greater selection than there is here, and I even picked up a couple coin folders. I saw this commemorative that the owner had designated &quot;XF&quot; and priced at 30 dollars, in a flip. He gives the coins designations and prices them on his own in the store. I bought it, because I was thrilled to have even seen one. Got home, excited to learn more about my new coin, and my mood was dampened when I saw a slabbed example of one not dissimilar to mine, for less than half price. Still happy to have this coin, but I&#039;m not sure I&#039;ll be buying coins from there again so I don&#039;t get overcharged like this again. I would have been okay paying a couple dollars above market price, but more than doubling it seems excessive. The place here is more in line with the actual value of the coins. Lesson learned: Research the coin before you buy, not after. Either way, I am happy with the coin, and here it is:[ATTACH=full]1390287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1390288[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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