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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cazkaboom, post: 1868857, member: 33215&quot;]Since I have started my job, I have been saving up for a car. I was almost at my goal when I went to my local coin shop. That was the first mistake I made. The second mistake was parting with my money so quickly. But I am very happily kicking myself in the rear for these purchases.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story:</p><p>My dad needed to go to the area to run some errands and said if I come with, we&#039;d check out the local coin shops. I agreed since I do have to pick up some coins for the monthly coin club raffle. I picked up a bunch of nice F grade barber dimes, some barber quarters, high grade mercs and other &quot;neat&quot; coins, but then I get the notion to shop for myself.</p><p>&nbsp;I asked to see various trays even though my ultimate goal was to look at the slabs in a display case that is being blocked by one person selling his coins to the shop. I respect his boundaries and keep asking to see trays just to see if anything interests me. And sure enough, when they pulled out the tray with odd denominations, I was intrigued by a half dime that I examined and wanted to buy.&nbsp; I set that aside and kept shopping.</p><p>And as time flies by I finish up my search through their everything and ask to check out. And as I am getting a receipt written up, the man in front of the slab case finishes his transaction and walks towards the exit and I quickly head over and look at the slabs. One catches my eye and I ask to look at it in hand. It is a PCGS XF45 1909 Barber Quarter. Beautiful coin and I add that to the tally and check out.</p><p>Here&#039;s the pics of the half dime and quarter.</p><p>The half dime has a very nice blue and purple tone all throughout the coin.</p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1926764_640118542691844_2099181562_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1888642_640118572691841_2019323379_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The quarter is very lustrous on the reverse and has some nice obverse toning.</p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1800275_640146202689078_1778695569_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1656298_640118436025188_1832216693_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The final price I paid made me a bit uncomfortable, but I was rather content with the purchases. It was what happened afterwards that shocked me.</p><p>We ran more errands and went to the next coin shop to browse and talk with the dealers. The dealer I had in mind was not there so I did not get to go into the back room and browse the coins so I was left with what was in the cases. I looked for some small gold because I wanted to buy some, but they were sold out.</p><p>Sitting there in the place where the gold should have lied was the love of my life. I asked to take a look at it, and told the lady behind the counter to hold it out for me. The sticker price on it was $250 and I contemplated it for the next 15 minutes, looking at guns, knives, more coins, and just wandering; quietly talking to myself about whether or not I should buy it.. I must have looked like a crazy person, but finally, I asked if they&#039;d take $220, and we settled on $230. I walked right out of the shop coin in hand kicking my butt with a smile. I love the coin, but the car fund got depleted over $400 that day. Just another pay period to wait to get a car.</p><p>here is the coin in question. A NGC MS63 1876 Seated dime. The reverse is stunning with blues and purples with a red and orange center on both obverse and reverse.. I just could not capture it all.</p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1932354_640118392691859_39112808_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1888651_640118499358515_1607998823_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1609639_639095676127464_829321857_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now the part that makes me a little upset is there is a coin show that I will be further delaying the car fund by bringing cash to in less than 2 weeks. Hopefully I can get some good pickups and not break the bank this time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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