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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 363644, member: 9474&quot;]Well for the second week in a row, work kept me from attending my local coin shop&#039;s bid board auction.&nbsp; I had some bids placed on some UNC Franklins, UNC silver Washington Quarters and the two gems I was after - the Gettysburg Commem and Alabama Commem.&nbsp; I called from work and the owner said that I won some items but he wasn&#039;t sure what they were.&nbsp; I got off work just before they closed and raced down there.&nbsp; Apologetically, he said that he looked off the wrong weeks bid sheet and I actually didn&#039;t win anything.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So with my head hung low, I was about to walk out when I noticed a box of silver coins.&nbsp; The owner told me that a guy bought these coins from him over the years, with some of them sold over 50 years ago! So you can guess how old the owner is - but the guy who sold them was in his mid 90&#039;s. They were mostly foreign silver coins - many of them from the 1700&#039;s and 1800&#039;s!&nbsp; Not in UNC condition, but for being that old, they were beautiful.&nbsp; There was one from the 1500&#039;s, but the owner said that he could not verify the authenticity of the coin so he wouldn&#039;t sell it until he was able to do so.&nbsp; As some of you know I don&#039;t collect foreign coins, but this box definitely made me think twice.&nbsp; So I ended up walking out of there with the only thing I could afford from the box.&nbsp; They sold it to me for a few dollars below melt.&nbsp; I thought it was a fair deal.... let me know what you all think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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