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<p>[QUOTE="Sunflower_Coins, post: 3055999, member: 92388"]I found an 1875 quarter in my backyard when I was seven. I took it to a local flea market to see how much it was worth. Fortunately, the owner was a small time dealer who convinced me to keep it, and helped get me hooked on the hobby. He gave me some Whitman folders and often sold me coins at or a little over face value. Whenever I had some spare cash from odd jobs, I would rush over to the market and stare through the glass counter at his assortment of coins, then ask for a bin of Indian cents or V-nickels. I'd eye the coins I couldn't afford, especially those pesky key dates, as I spent my whole $10 on some choice mercs.</p><p><br /></p><p>A move, a job, and now college, I ended up buying coins of the internet and hadn't been back for four or five years. I made plans to go back to his old flea market just to stop by and say hello, and found out it burned to the ground last week.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sunflower_Coins, post: 3055999, member: 92388"]I found an 1875 quarter in my backyard when I was seven. I took it to a local flea market to see how much it was worth. Fortunately, the owner was a small time dealer who convinced me to keep it, and helped get me hooked on the hobby. He gave me some Whitman folders and often sold me coins at or a little over face value. Whenever I had some spare cash from odd jobs, I would rush over to the market and stare through the glass counter at his assortment of coins, then ask for a bin of Indian cents or V-nickels. I'd eye the coins I couldn't afford, especially those pesky key dates, as I spent my whole $10 on some choice mercs. A move, a job, and now college, I ended up buying coins of the internet and hadn't been back for four or five years. I made plans to go back to his old flea market just to stop by and say hello, and found out it burned to the ground last week.[/QUOTE]
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