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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Computerfairy, post: 217463, member: 8604&quot;]<b>Dad&#039;s birthday</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow thank you for all the prompt feedback and suggestions.&nbsp; It&#039;s great to understand that the letter means the city the coins were minted in.&nbsp; Dad was born in DENVER, so it would be awesome to get him the set from Denver.&nbsp; But are you guys saying that set (1951-D) is worth over $100???&nbsp; And I see some of you are saying that buying coins is a bad idea for a novice; I can see why.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1951-D set is on auction at EBay with three days left.&nbsp; It&#039;s currently at about $60.&nbsp; The seller has a record of many sales and positive feedback.&nbsp; If you go to <a href="http://www.ebay.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com" rel="nofollow">www.ebay.com</a>, it&#039;s auction # 300100293984&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I love the idea of the American Eagle coin also.&nbsp; I know he would like that.&nbsp; The wedding set with photo is BEAUTIFUL!&nbsp; I would really like to try something like that for other people I know.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Dad lives out in the middle of nowhere; he doesn&#039;t have a favorite coin shop.&nbsp; He&#039;s about 3 hours outside of Denver.&nbsp; He has collected coins for the past 40 years by sort of stumbling upon them here and there - auctions and estate sales, friends of friends, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where I live, there are some nearby antique stores and jewelry stores that have coins.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t really know what I was looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you guys look at that auction and tell me if it&#039;s crazy to even try to bid?&nbsp; Is that set worth over $100?</p><p><br /></p><p>And by the way, a stapler for your Dad&#039;s birthday?&nbsp; I hope he likes paperwork.......</p><p><br /></p><p>THANKS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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