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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Treashunt, post: 2330160, member: 6763&quot;]Okay here ya go:</p><p><br /></p><p>Good news, bad news:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) they were used primarily be Whitman Publishing for early Red &amp; Blue books.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, those for foreign coins, were used in their &quot;World Coins&quot; books.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a number of them, and they are fairly common.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whoever appraised these for you should be willing to pay that, take the money and RUN!</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a ridiculous valuation, even if it is for the entire lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have purchased them for no more than $10 a block, and was once offered [about 10 years ago] a group of about #1,000 or so, for about $1,000 -- he wanted to get rid of them I guess.&nbsp; That was a great price, but, I had no room to keep them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, they are sill available, if you know where to search.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story is that during one of the many times that Whitman Publishing was sold, this time late 1960&#039;s early to mid 1970&#039;s, the company that bought them did not want them, and they were thrown out, along with many other items of Company historical memorabilia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I happen to know one of the individuals (who shall forever remain nameless)&nbsp; who was one of the &#039;dumpster divers&#039;&nbsp; and &#039;saved&#039; them for posterity.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, if you want some more, mostly US at your appraised valuation, feel to PM me, I could use the cash.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[Mods:&nbsp; sarcasm, not an offer to buy or sell.&nbsp; or is it?}[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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