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<p>[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 114456, member: 3011"]Seated,</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the places I visit are like that - basically space renters to junk dealers. I was lucky enough to go into an antique shop in Manteo NC last summer on vacation, and a local coin collector/dealer was renting space there to get rid of some of his excess coins. That's where I found the dimes. A local shop had about a dozen CWTs mixed in with some lucky penny tokens and basically priced everything the same. Two CWTs however were obviously in far better condition than the others, and I had a 20% off coupon! I see the same Redbook-times-two items much more frequently, especially Kennedy halves and morgan dollars in G-4 condition at EF prices. Occasionally there is a pretty good one for $10 or so and I buy it to justify the trip. It more or less comes down to a few lucky finds among all of the ripoffs. I see hundreds of medals and tokens but I don't really collect them or know what they are worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 114456, member: 3011"]Seated, Most of the places I visit are like that - basically space renters to junk dealers. I was lucky enough to go into an antique shop in Manteo NC last summer on vacation, and a local coin collector/dealer was renting space there to get rid of some of his excess coins. That's where I found the dimes. A local shop had about a dozen CWTs mixed in with some lucky penny tokens and basically priced everything the same. Two CWTs however were obviously in far better condition than the others, and I had a 20% off coupon! I see the same Redbook-times-two items much more frequently, especially Kennedy halves and morgan dollars in G-4 condition at EF prices. Occasionally there is a pretty good one for $10 or so and I buy it to justify the trip. It more or less comes down to a few lucky finds among all of the ripoffs. I see hundreds of medals and tokens but I don't really collect them or know what they are worth.[/QUOTE]
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