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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Onehawk33, post: 499071, member: 13978&quot;]I stopped in to pick up a nice MS-64 1913 Type II buff when the dealer says &quot;I&#039;ve got something to show you.&quot;&nbsp; He knows of my affinity for barber coins and pulls out a bright and shiny 1895 O dime.&nbsp; Unfortunately it was a shiny, solid F-15. Story goes, someone was left this coin and about $30 dollars in junk silver by a relative.&nbsp; They got a redbook and were shocked when they found out how much the 95 O was worth.&nbsp; They assumed that &quot;shining it up a bit&quot; would only enhance the value.&nbsp;&nbsp; The rest of the barber dimes could be used to cut your fingernails.&nbsp;&nbsp; Two years ago I&#039;d have bought the coin; hoping I&#039;d received a bargain .&nbsp; I then would have stuck it in a fifty year old coin envelope and hoped a few years storage would re-tone the coin.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There was a thread a couple of weeks ago regarding what&#039;s been learned here in CT.&nbsp; In the three or so years I&#039;ve been back to coin collecting, patience is the most imporant principle I&#039;ve learned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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