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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;green18, post: 1564908, member: 10103&quot;]I&#039;ve been absent from the forums on many occasions these past few weeks due to the fact that I&#039;ve been doing some work on the summer home.&nbsp; I managed to lay a new floor down in the attic and it completely transforms the area......the wife&#039;s got dibs on that for a new sewing/craft room.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I thought I&#039;d share a few photos of what I think is a very pretty area of NY State and also some pics of some finds from a coin shop and an antiquarian bookseller in the Oneonta area.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First up, some pics of the foliage on the way up to the &quot;City of The Hills&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2611.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2613.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2614.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2616.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, some of my bookstore finds.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2626.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2629.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m really thrilled to have found Max&#039;s pamphlet and I only paid three bucks for it.&nbsp; Looks like old Max was advocating <b>not</b> cleaning coins back at a time when it was considered an accepted practice.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Some more reasonable finds.....</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2627.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2628.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly......</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2630.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The O&amp;W used to run through the town where I have the house and motive power and history of that line is of particular interest to me.&nbsp; Now the coin shop pickups.&nbsp; Nothing elaborate, but I was drawn to these two pieces.&nbsp; I asked the dealer if he had any circulated commems and he pulled out a tray full.&nbsp; Lots of Stone Mountain and Carver/Washingtons along with a few Sesquicentennials of American Independence and Monroe Doctrines, and also some well worn Booker T&#039;s.&nbsp; I was commenting to the dealer about the &#039;blahness&#039; of the Booker T when I came across this little gem.&nbsp; Lustrous and lovely I thought......</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2621-horz2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Jhinton got me started on picking up these little baby&#039;s........</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab82/green18album/IMG_2623-horz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for lookin&#039; guys.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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