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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gopher29, post: 261580, member: 5379&quot;]<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3424118" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3424118" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3424118</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Dealer Carries $1.9M Dime in Pocket</p><p>Coin Dealer Travels Across the Country With Dime Worth $1.9 Million in His Pocket, BriefcaseThe Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. Jul 28, 2007 (AP) </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>John Feigenbaum didn&#039;t sleep at all during his redeye flight across country. He&#039;s not a nervous flier he had a dime worth $1.9 million in his jeans pocket. </p><p><br /></p><p>Feigenbaum, 38, of Virginia Beach, Va., is a rare coin dealer, and the dime he was carrying from San Jose to New York is a 1894-S dime, one of only nine known to exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>He picked up the dime, one of only 24 known to be coined in 1894 in San Francisco, on Monday from the seller&#039;s vault in Oakland. He delivered it to the buyer&#039;s vault the following day, in midtown Manhattan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feigenbaum said he and the seller&#039;s agent will split a 6 percent commission on the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feigenbaum said he put the dime, which is encased in a 3-inch-square block of plastic, in his pocket. Accompanied by a security guard, he drove to the airport.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly after boarding the plane, Feigenbaum transferred the dime from his pants pocket to his briefcase.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I was worried that the dime might fall out of my pocket while I was sitting down,&quot; he said.</p><p><br /></p><p>All across the country, Feigenbaum kept checking to make sure the dime was safe by reaching into his briefcase to feel for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It&#039;s the Holy Grail of coins,&quot; he said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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