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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ferreram, post: 1075117, member: 26908&quot;]Well this morning I woke up, had my coffee and decided to get ready for my expedition. I dressed appropriately for the big hunt that was awaiting me. I wore my favorite cap, my khaki pants, a long sleeve shirt and of course my most comfortable pair of shoes. I did not know what would lay ahead of me in this journey, so being comfortable was one of my main priorities. I also armed myself with the best weapons that I had available. My faithful 5x loupe, a 10x loupe, a few flips, my Redbook and of course my #1 sidearm or weapon, my smart phone. With my smartphone I can access ebay and other sites to gain an advantage of the true market value of a particular coin. </p><p>After driving for about 25 minutes, I arrived at my destination. I was pumped. I had to remind myself not to get &quot;Buck fever&quot;. I had to calm myself down just a tad to be able to track my next find. I entered the location very cautsiously and very alert. I was focusing all my energy on finding that one big trophy. I walk around just a few feet when I saw something glaring at me from afar. I walked slowly, not to spook anyone and not allowing myself to be seen as too eager. As I got closer there it was. What is that? I am stumped. I have never seen anything like this before. I asked the vendor to please pull the item out of display case. As it came closer to me I saw that it was a Liberian $10.00 coin. I had never seen such a coin. I was completely caught off guard. The obverse had the picture of John F. Kennedy Jr. and on the reverse was where the date and country of origin was located. I examined the coin more closely and at first I thought it was a silver coin. Then I used all my gained knowledge from this forum and came to the conclusion that it must have been some type of clad or mixed material. I did some quick research and found out it was a copper nickle coin. I had guessed right. I scanned it using my loupe and found really no major defects. I had noticed one little small scratch on his hair and a few minute dark spots. I asked the vendor how much she was asking for this coin and stated she was asking $20.00 for it. I politely asked her how she had arrived at that price. (Personally I could not find anything on this coin except on ebay). She stated &quot; I figure that since the coins face value is $10.00, I should double this in order to make profit&quot;. I just smiled and allowed her to finish her explanation. I then looked at the coin and set it aside. I asked her to please leave the coin out because I was still interested in the coin. I then proceeded to ask her if she had any other coins that I could look at. She walk behind her desk and opened the drawer and pulled out this most beautiful oak or mahagony jewelery box. When I saw that my heart started to race. She pulled out 2 Commemorative Coins. 1 Ronald Reagan and 1 G W Bush. Then behind that she pulls out this 1943s Mercury Dime. She hands them to me and asks if I was interested in these coins. I responded &quot; Yes, Yes I am&quot;. At that moment I asked if she had anything else. She went back to that beautiful glistening box and pulls out a 1936 Buffalo Nickle. Then she returns hands it to me and tells me that she had been an accumulator for many years but because of her drunken son stealing some coins she only had a few left.</p><p>Some folks arrived and were inquiring about other purchases. She excused herself and told me to hang on and not to leave. I stayed put. I was still stumped about the Liberian coin which I had seen earlier and decided to take a photo using my trusty smartphone. I took the picture and saved it. I immediately placed a cry for help on this forum. I only had 2 responses. My superhero and counselor was the incredible VNICKLES. V did some quick research but came up empty handed. I explained to him that I had picked up these coins for about $20.00,I was sure I could give here at least that much for them. Vnickles stated that I spent a bit too much for these coins. One other member agreed with V. </p><p>The vendor came back and stated she had some more coins to show me. She pulled out 7 Barber Dimes. 1900,1905,1912,1913 x 2,1915, and lastly 1916. These coins are in G to Vg condition for the exeption of 1 which is Ag. </p><p>She then preceeded to tell me that since I had waited and she had met her goal for the day that she would let me have all the coins discussed for $20.00. Wow!! I didn&#039;t even have to make an offer or even seem as the bad guy. I asked her if she felt as though this was a good deal her. She stated smiling &quot; I would not have offered these coins to you, young man, if I were not certain this deal was good for both&quot;. I asked again just to be sure and stated ok.</p><p>Before leaving this same lady told me to return next Saturday or Sunday because she was going to save me some coins that individuals sell her and she said she would give me the first opportunity to buy.</p><p>Successfull expedition? You be the judge.</p><p>Also any suggestions on grades and on this Liberian will certainly help. Grades will help me improve my grading skills and information on Liberian coin will help me with knowledge. </p><p>My opinion: Merc Au 50 something because of its luster and detail. Buffalo about the same Au something. </p><p>Again thanks for reading the post and will provide another detailed post about my next and upcoming <b>EXPEDITION</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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