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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4862858, member: 110226&quot;]Nice coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a bygone era, the time of price lists and phoning to reserve coins.&nbsp; Some of the price lists, such as Charlie Wyatt&#039;s, were nicely formatted, with many photos of the more important and expensive coins.&nbsp; I still have some and I wish I kept more of them - they are good references.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to drive to Hal Blackburn&#039;s shop on weekends, leaving San Jose early in the morning and spending a good part of the day at his shop and walking around Carmel.&nbsp; Peggy, his wife was usually there, as well as Dean, his son and another guy named Jim, but I forgot his last name.</p><p><br /></p><p>His selection of coins was incredible.&nbsp; I remember going through coffee cans of cap and ray 8 reales, buying them near melt, and yes, there were Fat Man dollars coming out the walls just about.&nbsp; They were re-struck in the late 40&#039;s, so they were extremely common.&nbsp; It is truly amazing seeing the prices that many command today, just jaw dropping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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