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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy Murphy, post: 1571346, member: 32705"]I inherited my grandmothers collection as a teenager in 1982, and took her best coin to a show in boston Ma with my father. A dealer offered to trade me a F12 Chain cent for my AU58 1856 flying eagle. At the time both were roughly worth $3-$4K, after thinking about my dad & I decided not to pull the trigger since the coin had been in our family for years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I'm almost 50, the 56 Eagle might be worth $15k on a good day at a good auction but the Chain is north of $30...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FYI: I'm glad I kept it....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy Murphy, post: 1571346, member: 32705"]I inherited my grandmothers collection as a teenager in 1982, and took her best coin to a show in boston Ma with my father. A dealer offered to trade me a F12 Chain cent for my AU58 1856 flying eagle. At the time both were roughly worth $3-$4K, after thinking about my dad & I decided not to pull the trigger since the coin had been in our family for years. Now that I'm almost 50, the 56 Eagle might be worth $15k on a good day at a good auction but the Chain is north of $30... FYI: I'm glad I kept it....[/QUOTE]
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