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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pnightingale, post: 1247690, member: 32585&quot;]Hello, my name is Phil and I&#039;m a fleamarketaholic.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, yesterday despite a massive storm sitting one mile off the coast I decide to trust to luck and head off to our local fleamarket. It&#039;s inland, it&#039;s early, so I reckon I&#039;m going to have time to at least visit the several coin traders I know and maybe pick up a few cheap tools in passing. On arrival it&#039;s still sunny but the sound of thunder rolling in the distance is causing many of the traders to start packing up. After 30 minutes I&#039;ve picked up a few cheap coins and a nice set of chisels and I&#039;m heading back to my truck when I see this gorgeous ivory handled upholstery needle. I restore old furniture so it&#039;s a must-have item. As it&#039;s now raining I&#039;m not going to haggle, just give the man his $2 asking price.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I&#039;m getting the money out of my wallet I&#039;m looking at the stuff he has in dusty plastic bags. I see one with some junk jewelry and a few coins for $3. I can see an Ike $ so the worst I can do is waste $2 on some junk so I hand him $5, grab my stuff and run back through the quickly developing storm getting soaked in the final 100 feet. Back home I&#039;m cleaning and oiling my new tools having forgotten all about the bag of junk I bought. It&#039;s still sitting out in the truck. It&#039;s not until after lunch that I decide to take a closer look.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing I pick out is a worn out Edward VII shilling, that&#039;s my $3 covered. Some junk Mexican coins, a nice Polish 20zl, the Ike $, a fake 1776 pewter $, a couple of George V Canadian cents and a silver 5 cent, assorted transport tokens, then two Imperial German coins. The last two turned out to be low mintage mint marks with a combined value of over $60. So the whole bag has around $100 worth of coins plus a bunch of brooches, tie pins, earrings and a minature cameo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn&#039;t that what makes collecting so exciting and rewarding?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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