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<p>[QUOTE="heavycam.monstervam, post: 2557631, member: 73448"]I thought of my best,while reading thru the comments.Great thread BTW [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] , I hope this thread keeps going and we all add to it and see who reels in the biggest fish.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So there I was ... on a Sunday afternoon, at the flea market dealing coins, and at the very end of the day, I go over over to a fellow dealers stand . I find a book of mostly foreign coins, flipping thru pages I'm pulling silver out. Nothing is marked so I ask about an Australian 1932 1 florin 2 schillings(I think) & the dealer says $7, we haggle down to 5or6 bucks and I leave there not knowing if I paid fair or not for the item. When I finally checked ngc price guide, I was floored with astonishment, it was the key date of the whole series and it booked for around $1000 in the estimated grade I gave it (vf)<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="heavycam.monstervam, post: 2557631, member: 73448"]I thought of my best,while reading thru the comments.Great thread BTW [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] , I hope this thread keeps going and we all add to it and see who reels in the biggest fish.:cool: So there I was ... on a Sunday afternoon, at the flea market dealing coins, and at the very end of the day, I go over over to a fellow dealers stand . I find a book of mostly foreign coins, flipping thru pages I'm pulling silver out. Nothing is marked so I ask about an Australian 1932 1 florin 2 schillings(I think) & the dealer says $7, we haggle down to 5or6 bucks and I leave there not knowing if I paid fair or not for the item. When I finally checked ngc price guide, I was floored with astonishment, it was the key date of the whole series and it booked for around $1000 in the estimated grade I gave it (vf):greedy::dead:[/QUOTE]
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