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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steamandlight, post: 2777491, member: 56876&quot;]Today a friend and I met with an older collector and we spent around 7 hours browsing and trading coins. It was a great day! And I am very happy with how it turned out <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The highlights, for me:</p><p><br /></p><p>Traded a raw AG3/G4 1916 standing liberty quarter for a PCGS slabbed FR2 1916 standing liberty quarter. Both were no date. The AG3/G4 was a slight upgrade for him, and the slab means I will be able to sell this one with much less hassle in the future.</p><p>[ATTACH]641778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]641779[/ATTACH] </p><p>Traded an 1895-S morgan dollar in F8-VF12 condition for a 1911 $2 1/2 gold indian. I believe the morgan was FV12 after asking dealers previously to take a look, but he placed it at F8. Either way though, I am happy with the trade, because despite it&#039;s supposed value, it&#039;s hard to do anything with the 1895S - every coin shop seems to have several lol.</p><p>[ATTACH]641780[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]641781[/ATTACH] </p><p>This 1869 Indian Head made me want to cry - better date, but OUCH the condition! He offered it to me for just $8 trade value though, and I just couldn&#039;t resist it after all. At worst, it&#039;s a filler. At least the date is clear as day.</p><p>[ATTACH]641785[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]641786[/ATTACH] </p><p>Another coin that makes me want to cry - 1867 three cent coin. Holed. The older collector offered it to my friend for just $10 trade value, because of the hole. He of course jumped on that. Later, I traded him $70 trade value for it - not sure if it is worth $70 at this point, but I am happy with the trade, as is everyone else.</p><p>[ATTACH]641782[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]641784[/ATTACH] </p><p>I also picked up a decent large cent (1846) for $20 trade value, and a nice 2 cent coin (1864) for $16 or so trade value. Happy with these.</p><p>[ATTACH]641788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]641789[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, there was a lot more value the older collector wanted from me - mostly AG3-G4 barber quarters and halves and a few better date morgans to fill holes in his collection - so I filled out the rest of the value with basic morgans I can sell easily later. Fun note - when I mentioned I did NOT want his 1921 morgans because I see way too many of them, he offered them to me at about $1 over spot - $18 value each. At that point, I took all he had. 14 of them. And then another 16 common date morgans at $30 trading value each.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, VERY satisfied and happy with my day - and so is my friend, and so is the person we traded with![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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