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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2273047, member: 19463&quot;]I still show 35 Francis Rath coins in my database coded from 1987 to 1997 and $14 to $152 making him what I would call small/medium supplier to me in that period.&nbsp; I never bought lots but went for cheap individuals.&nbsp; The only name I have record of from the 60&#039;s is Joel Malter but I did not see the need of recording dealer names until the late 80&#039;s.&nbsp; The $152 coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]453022[/ATTACH] </p><p>3/4 of the price was the countermarks and 3/4 of that was the owl.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really enjoyed my open trays but never saw paying for Abafils.&nbsp; I bought mine from a dealer named Edward Jencius and they are plastic and flocking at much lower prices.&nbsp; When he retired, I bought enough to last me but when my collection grew too large to make them practical, I converted to paper envelopes and put the trays/cases in the attic.&nbsp; The size choices were identical but I have no idea who made them.&nbsp; I would use them again if you guys would buy a couple thousand of my coins.&nbsp; What works for you new collectors in 2015 might not seem so appropriate in a few decades.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/108912613.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I regret not looking at the slabbed coins at Baltimore.&nbsp; Who knows what I missed only having 10,000 raws to look at.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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