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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3842732, member: 73489&quot;]<font size="5"><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>Pair of 1928A $1 SC&#039;s:&nbsp; </b></span><span style="color: #000000">OK, I admit it...I&#039;m watching the HAs a few weeks ago and I see some AU bills come up.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t really scouted them, but they came up as a pair, PMG 58 &amp; 55.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t seen them before.&nbsp; I like bidding/buying on AU high 50&#039;s bills because (1) they look nice (2) don&#039;t cost as much as MS-65s (my real preference low bar) or MS-63&#039;s (if the 65&#039;s are just too pricey).</span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">But....you get into the bidding fever...I saw them come up......you panic (&quot;<b><i>LOT CLOSING</i></b>&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)....and I bid.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">And won.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">And quite frankly, I&#039;ve seen better 58&#039;s (let alone 55&#039;s, but really the 58&#039;s) that were cleaner/whiter on the borders and the face of the bill.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><b><i>Horrible bills ?&nbsp; Absolutely not.</i></b>&nbsp; But if they didn&#039;t come across as fast as they did and if I had more time, I probably would have passed.&nbsp; As it is, no big shakes -- cost me about $100.&nbsp; Still.......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">Anyway, a lesson for me and maybe for you.&nbsp; What&#039;s strange is how I can see whiter paper on that </span><span style="color: #ff8000"><b>Gold Certificate PMG 45 </b></span><span style="color: #000000">I showed a few months back.</span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">Comments welcome on the bills or my trigger-happiness....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1019678[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1019680[/ATTACH] </span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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