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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 14047, member: 824&quot;]I asked a dealer that question and his story was pretty interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the late 70&#039;s, the Hunt Brothers from Texas were trying to corner the silver market.&nbsp; Silver prices were going crazy as the cost per ounce eventually exceeded $50 per ounce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every weekend, this dealer (before he was one) went to the local Flea Market where a coin dealer had a sign stating, &quot;Will buy pre-1964 silver coins at 25 times face value...then 30 times face value...then so forth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, he asked the dealer (when his sign advertised &quot;40 times face value&quot; )what he would pay for Barber/Liberty Head type quarters.&nbsp; He told him, if you got them, I give you 45 times the face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, he runs home and comes back with a pail full of all these Pre-Washington quarters (common dates in AG to G condition) and the dealer gives him $11.25 for EACH quarter...as long as the date was readiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Flea market dealer thought he got a deal and the guy with all of those quarters ends up going home with over $9,000 in cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excited by his win fall, he started buying and selling coins and now has a large coin shop in Ft Myers, FL where he has been selling and buying for the last 20 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty cool story, I thought![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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