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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2796215, member: 27832&quot;]Well, in <i>those</i> days (ads in the back of Coinage), you&#039;d send off your &quot;30 cents silver and SASE [self-addressed stamped envelope]&quot; and, once the advertiser received it, he&#039;d send you your &quot;F Barber dime&quot; (or whatever).</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to wrap your head around the notion that advertisers paid <b>per word</b> for these ads, and that all communication was through US mail. Publishing a phone number would be more words they&#039;d have to pay for, and long-distance calls were often more expensive than the item being offered.</p><p><br /></p><p>The friction involved may have made the market less attractive to scammers. But I&#039;ll take today&#039;s market over that one in a heartbeat, thank you very much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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