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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 679669, member: 5233&quot;]I moved to a new city about a year ago for school and I have been looking for a coin shop off and on since.&nbsp; Today, I finally managed to stop by the closest one to my house (they have really odd hours) and I checked out what they had.&nbsp; Their selection wasn&#039;t the best and I just didn&#039;t care for the shop...I kind of had a bad feeling when I left and I don&#039;t think I will be going back.&nbsp; But, I will talk about that later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin I picked up.&nbsp; They had quite a few Columbian Half Dollars for sale, both 1892 and 1893.&nbsp; I wanted a 1892 because it has a lower mintage and was the first year they were minted.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t have any MS examples of either date.&nbsp; I picked this one up for $10.&nbsp; I would call it XF or so (but I&#039;m not great at grading these).&nbsp; I think it may have been dipped at one time...but it has some nice dark toning to it and I like it.&nbsp; I have always wanted one of these and for $10 I figured I couldn&#039;t go wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>What would you guys grade this?&nbsp; I know the picture isn&#039;t the best, it&#039;s a scan and is the best I can do for now.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/1892ColumbianExpoHalfCollarComms.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, for the coin shop.&nbsp; As I said, it was the first time I had been in there and it was a smaller shop.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t have a huge supply of coins, mostly US and mostly circulated.&nbsp; No gold that I saw.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The owners were friendly to a point, but kind of ignored me a bit and the shop wasn&#039;t that busy.&nbsp; Maybe they had that &quot;dumb kid&quot; opinion of me but I was there looking to buy so I was kind of annoyed.&nbsp; I asked a couple questions about the Columbian halves...most specifically which date had the lower mintage (I thought it was the 1892 but I couldn&#039;t remember as I hadn&#039;t looked at one for a while), the owner told me he thought it was 1893 and I asked if he had a red book or something similar lying around I could check really quick before I decided which to buy and he got me a book but wasn&#039;t too happy about it.&nbsp; I usually have my own reference stuff with me when I go to a coin shop but I was &quot;in the neighborhood&quot; and decided to stop.&nbsp; I ended up getting the 1892 above.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also had another coin that I was looking at.&nbsp; It was a 1798 Draped Bust Cent what was well worn and had the grade &quot;AG4&quot; on the 2x2 (as if there was such a grade).&nbsp; This coin was certainly AG but I really want a US coin from the 1700s.&nbsp; It had been holed down by the end of Liberty&#039;s hair and I thought long and hard about picking it up because they had it marked for $12.&nbsp; Figuring that this was a small coin shop I offered $20 even for the pair of coins (and one of the coins was a problem coin).&nbsp; The owner (an older gentleman) turned it down saying they &quot;don&#039;t negotiate price because there isn&#039;t time&quot; (as if they were busy) and the other owner from across the room (an older woman) just sort of balked and said &quot;Whoa.&quot;&nbsp; I was shocked, I felt that was very rude.&nbsp; It&#039;s one thing to just say &quot;no&quot; but I felt I was treated poorly.&nbsp; So, I decided to buy the Columbian and I left.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I don&#039;t think I will be going back to that shop.&nbsp; I had a bad feeling about the whole experience and I just wasn&#039;t impressed.&nbsp; Plus, their hours were such (Tues-Fri 7am-5pm) that with my classes it would have been very hard to have gone there with any regularity anyway.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I was being to harsh with the shop and being that I was a new face they were just giving me a cold shoulder...but it made me feel like my business wasn&#039;t as good as others.&nbsp; What do you guys think?</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I like the coin I got...I know it&#039;s not a great example but for $10 what the heck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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