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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 776164, member: 4552"]So far my greatest finds have been from garage/yard/estate sales and flea markets. Not only with coins but with numersous other items. At one flea market a guy had a notebook full of those 20 holders for 2x2's. Mostly full of Indian Head Nickels and some Jefferson Proors. Entire book for $80. There were 238 Indian Nickels in there and most in at least VF condition.At a garage sale a lady had a jar of cents. It appeared to be about $35 face value. The entire bottom was full of Indian Head Cents. I later found the latest coin was in the early 1950's. At one flea market there is a guy that used to sell coins that were just dumped into bins. 2 bins of US coins and 1 of foreign. All Dimes were $1 but if you purchased more the price went down. After I found a 42/41, 26S, a few 21's in the Mercury Dimes, I told this guy about coin prices and gave him a copy of a price guide. Very little luck at pawn shops but possibly due to so many others in my area visiting them first. Aside from coins I've purchased guns, knives, swords, auto parts, ammunition, electronic shooting ear protectors and on and on and on. As an approximate guess, I would say I purchase about 75% of everything from those places.[/QUOTE]