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<p>[QUOTE="Hommer, post: 8353404, member: 73266"]There was that too. One guy had a cigar box full of wheat cents for 50 cents each. If I could have taken the afternoon and searched through each one with a loop, I could have possibly found one worth that. Then there was another that had some polished to death buffalo nickels for $10 each. No one there was specializing in coins.</p><p><br /></p><p> I bought the ashtray from a lady who had many different types of ashtrays and said her mom and dad both smoked and had passed on leaving her the remnants. The 3 tokens came from a guy who had a eclectic collection of things including a pocket knife collection and the tokens were in his pocket knife case, I almost bought a knife too, but settled for just the tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p> I bought the '37 cent from a guy selling sports cards, thousands upon thousands of sports cards and a great deal of fishing tackle. I don't do the cards, did the card thing as a kid but only because all the other kids were. I really just got them for the bubble gum. I carried the cards around in my back pocket and sweating, swimming in creeks, and other general adventures turned most all of my collection into what appeared as a huge spitball. I also bought a new fishing hat from this guy. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 2- '56 cents came from a guy selling antique tools that he said that he got most from estate sales and had bought a box that had those and many more in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tool guy was beside a guy selling new outdoor cooking equipment and I probably wouldn't have even stopped there if it hadn't been for that. The cooking equipment guy had a couple of things that I want at reasonable prices but I don't really have a place to store them until I am headed home </p><p><br /></p><p>I also left with a huge bag of roasted in the shell peanuts that the house keeping staff here may boot me out for getting the hulls in the carpet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hommer, post: 8353404, member: 73266"]There was that too. One guy had a cigar box full of wheat cents for 50 cents each. If I could have taken the afternoon and searched through each one with a loop, I could have possibly found one worth that. Then there was another that had some polished to death buffalo nickels for $10 each. No one there was specializing in coins. I bought the ashtray from a lady who had many different types of ashtrays and said her mom and dad both smoked and had passed on leaving her the remnants. The 3 tokens came from a guy who had a eclectic collection of things including a pocket knife collection and the tokens were in his pocket knife case, I almost bought a knife too, but settled for just the tokens. I bought the '37 cent from a guy selling sports cards, thousands upon thousands of sports cards and a great deal of fishing tackle. I don't do the cards, did the card thing as a kid but only because all the other kids were. I really just got them for the bubble gum. I carried the cards around in my back pocket and sweating, swimming in creeks, and other general adventures turned most all of my collection into what appeared as a huge spitball. I also bought a new fishing hat from this guy. The 2- '56 cents came from a guy selling antique tools that he said that he got most from estate sales and had bought a box that had those and many more in it. The tool guy was beside a guy selling new outdoor cooking equipment and I probably wouldn't have even stopped there if it hadn't been for that. The cooking equipment guy had a couple of things that I want at reasonable prices but I don't really have a place to store them until I am headed home I also left with a huge bag of roasted in the shell peanuts that the house keeping staff here may boot me out for getting the hulls in the carpet.[/QUOTE]
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