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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dimeguy, post: 1182602, member: 19855&quot;]Well, I finally graduated from physical therapy school. I decided to treat myself to a little cion shop visit. Goals on this visit in descending priority for me:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1.) 1928 S large mint mark XF Mercury Dime or better-FAILED (dealer melted all lower grade Mercs...sadness.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2.) 1953 and 1953 S BU Franklin Halves-FAILED (someone came in and bought a huge lot of BU Franklins a week ago and dealer is still trying to recover more samples)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3.) Proof Lincoln Memorial Cents-SUCCESS! I figured I would start working on the proofs and then the harder varieties such as WAMs and CLAMs and upgrades. I bought proofs from 1997-2009, but I won&#039;t bore you with the pics. Most know what a proof cent looks like.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4.) 2001 S Sacagewea Dollar-SUCCESS! This is the only one I was missing. I checked on it last year sometime and it was over 30 dollars for one of these! I figured I would hold off. Today, I checked for some reason the dealer had them priced at 19 dollars. Deal! So, snatched one up. For your viewing pleasure:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx292/dimeguy_2010/graduation077.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx292/dimeguy_2010/graduation079.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>5.) If all above fails...silver of some sort to celebrate the graduation. I was going to go for the 2011 ASE but dealer was back ordered (yeah, I was sort of striking out today.) I&#039;ve always wanted to put together a nice somewhat circulated Peace Dollar set. Since I have only one more Merc, two more Frankies, and working on proofs of LMCs I figured I would grab one just for fun. I may have paid a bit much for it, but I just love how Liberty is portrayed and that eagle on the reverse. I can certainly see myself grabbing one each month at the coin store with my new job/pay check. So, here she is. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx292/dimeguy_2010/graduation083.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx292/dimeguy_2010/graduation084.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not a bad day overall. I didn&#039;t get what I really wanted, but it worked out all right. Comments and opinions, good or bad are always welcomed. Well, except if they are comments bashing me about how I wasted money on clad proof cents when I could have been buying silver. Some guy looking through a bucket of Morgans already gave me that opinion today, so I would appreciate those to be kept to yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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