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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 24849280, member: 10461&quot;]My first purchase I can remember was mailorder, for $5, in 1977.&nbsp; It was an 1866 (no rays) USA Shield nickel, described as &quot;VG, Dark&quot;.&nbsp; The coin was indeed dark- almost black- but was still attractive, because it was a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-is-a-circcam-you-ask-look-and-see-and-post-yours.288335/"><i>Circulation Cameo</i></a> (&quot;CircCam&quot;).&nbsp; First ancient coin was a four-piece lot from Guy Clark in the early 1980s, as I recall.&nbsp; The lot included an ancient Indian piece, a small medieval silver piece, and two others- I forget exactly what, but it was a fun lot and not expensive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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