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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2110907, member: 27832&quot;]I only have two vivid coin-<i>shopping</i> memories:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) On a trip to the beach when I was maybe 8 or 10, there was a souvenir shop with a gumball machine that dispensed little capsules with coins in them. I think it was a 25-cent machine, and there were a few capsules with folded-up dollar bills. I got a damaged 1892-O Barber dime; probably not worth much more than what I paid at the time, but it was my first O-mint coin, and maybe my first Barber. I remember staring at it for hours. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2) When I was a young teen, there was a coin shop down the street from the library in downtown Lynchburg, VA, run by a crotchety oldster. He had a bin of Buffalo nickels for (I think) 25 cents each; I&#039;d go to try to cherry-pick. Again, I&#039;m not sure I ever got anything worth much more than 25 cents, but I <i>thought</i> I was really making out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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