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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;juris klavins, post: 3229727, member: 76693&quot;]My most memorable occasion (not necessarily the most recent) was in the mid- 1970s while working as a window clerk at the post office - an elderly lady bought 20 first class stamps @ .10 each - she&nbsp; took an old envelope from her purse and dumped eight shiny Washington quarters on the counter - they rang like silver bells! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> - sure enough, they were all AU-looking 1964 silver quarters - even then, I knew a good thing when I saw it and scooped them up, set them aside for myself and swapped two paper bills into the cash drawer.</p><p>I stored them in a white letter envelope inside a wooden cigar box for many years, and learned a valuable lesson about toning/tarnish/oxidation - by 2000 or so, they were all nearly black <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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