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<p>[QUOTE="1913LibertyHeadNickel, post: 3090132, member: 93669"]I've been going to a lot of estate sales over the past 3 months or so, and if you're not there a day early to get a number, or you don't have an "in" with the person running the sale, you're most likely not going to get any of the good stuff. I've arrived plenty early many times, just to find out the guy right before me walked off with the entire coin collection. Disappointed, I purchase a few old Hot Wheels and license plates, then hit up any banks in the area for old bills. There is the off chance that a previous collector missed something, however.</p><p>I went to a sale just last Friday that advertised a lot of coins. I arrived 15 minutes after the sale started because of work and traffic. The people running the sale told me that someone right before me bought all the silver half dollars they had (Bens and Walkers) at 15x face!!! I couldn't believe they paid that much, because I'm pretty sure they were all commons from the pictures I saw. Anyway, the guy left all the good coins...older Liberty Head Nickels, two Walkers (1916 & 1919 in G-VG), 9 large cents, silver proof sets, 1981 proof sets (that I check for Type 2s), and a bunch of Seated Liberty Dimes, among other stuff. I put together and bought almost everything left for around $380, and scored a silver Tiffany & Co. chain bracelet for the wife for $20. So sometimes it works out! =)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="1913LibertyHeadNickel, post: 3090132, member: 93669"]I've been going to a lot of estate sales over the past 3 months or so, and if you're not there a day early to get a number, or you don't have an "in" with the person running the sale, you're most likely not going to get any of the good stuff. I've arrived plenty early many times, just to find out the guy right before me walked off with the entire coin collection. Disappointed, I purchase a few old Hot Wheels and license plates, then hit up any banks in the area for old bills. There is the off chance that a previous collector missed something, however. I went to a sale just last Friday that advertised a lot of coins. I arrived 15 minutes after the sale started because of work and traffic. The people running the sale told me that someone right before me bought all the silver half dollars they had (Bens and Walkers) at 15x face!!! I couldn't believe they paid that much, because I'm pretty sure they were all commons from the pictures I saw. Anyway, the guy left all the good coins...older Liberty Head Nickels, two Walkers (1916 & 1919 in G-VG), 9 large cents, silver proof sets, 1981 proof sets (that I check for Type 2s), and a bunch of Seated Liberty Dimes, among other stuff. I put together and bought almost everything left for around $380, and scored a silver Tiffany & Co. chain bracelet for the wife for $20. So sometimes it works out! =)[/QUOTE]
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