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<p>[QUOTE="Atarian, post: 1418208, member: 34285"]While stopping for made in USA catnip (no, really) I wandered into the pawn shop next door and found two 1972 brown Ikes in the OGP for $12 each, and in the bullion section amongst the 1oz bars and various generic round 1 ounce "coins" was a US mint Lincoln proof commemorative. Looks perfect! Of course it had no packaging but was still in the capsule. I was happy to pay spot + $2.00 = $33.50. This was not a screaming deal as I paid for 1 ounce of silver while getting 0.77 ounces but I wasn't going to mention that fact less the 2012 Red Book on the counter be consulted, resulting in a price increase for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I was pretty happy paying a bit over melt for the Ikes and getting the Lincoln for about what it cost in 1999. Didn't really care about the OGP as I will have it slabbed anyway, and the Lincoln is one of the few modern commems I didn't have. I never would have stopped at the pawn shop if Wal-Mart sold other-than-Chinese catnip. Go Wal-mart!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, no sales tax here on coins. State or federal thing I dunno, but I like![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Atarian, post: 1418208, member: 34285"]While stopping for made in USA catnip (no, really) I wandered into the pawn shop next door and found two 1972 brown Ikes in the OGP for $12 each, and in the bullion section amongst the 1oz bars and various generic round 1 ounce "coins" was a US mint Lincoln proof commemorative. Looks perfect! Of course it had no packaging but was still in the capsule. I was happy to pay spot + $2.00 = $33.50. This was not a screaming deal as I paid for 1 ounce of silver while getting 0.77 ounces but I wasn't going to mention that fact less the 2012 Red Book on the counter be consulted, resulting in a price increase for sure. So I was pretty happy paying a bit over melt for the Ikes and getting the Lincoln for about what it cost in 1999. Didn't really care about the OGP as I will have it slabbed anyway, and the Lincoln is one of the few modern commems I didn't have. I never would have stopped at the pawn shop if Wal-Mart sold other-than-Chinese catnip. Go Wal-mart! Also, no sales tax here on coins. State or federal thing I dunno, but I like![/QUOTE]
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