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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 24898982, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;ve been stopping by the local pawn shop most days that I go up to the office. It&#039;s been a long time since I&#039;ve found anything -- I got a bag of silver dimes for a bit below melt last year with the help of a coupon, and I recently found a 1973 type set in a Capital holder that had a silver Ike for a bit over the melt value of the Ike. Last week when I stopped by, they had a bag of maybe 18 Franklin halves for $240.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today when I stopped in, I saw these:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600012[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(I think the holed coin had the price tag facing down, because I was surprised when they turned it over and I saw the price. It&#039;s an 1894-S, wouldn&#039;t have had a numismatic premium even if it weren&#039;t holed, but not a bad deal at $5.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The other bag held 10 halves. I scooted them around, checked the obverse and reverse of each, and grudgingly allowed as how I&#039;d take both bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the ones from the left bag:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600013[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600014[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and at checkout the salesperson said &quot;do you have a coupon?&quot; I&#039;d gotten a $20 offer, but it expired Dec 30. She ran it through anyhow, and it was accepted -- so my total for all 11 coins was $85. (No tax on coins here, although the holed coin was initially marked as a &quot;charm&quot;, which <i>is</i> taxable. They fixed that.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure what&#039;s going on from 4-5 o&#039;clock on the 1914 reverse -- I&#039;m wondering if it was maybe struck through grease; the lettering is quite weak, but it doesn&#039;t look like it was damaged. But I&#039;m quite sure that I don&#039;t <i>care</i> what&#039;s wrong with it at this price. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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