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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spud Koolzip, post: 2135554, member: 73653&quot;]First coin I can ever remember buying was a 1905-S Barber half G/AG for the princely sum of $1, a goodly amount for a kid getting 50 cents a week allowance. A couple of years before a friend of a friend from around the block was showing us his father&#039;s TV repair shop in the basement (You old-timers can remember when a decent living could be made repairing TVs). As an afterthought, he showed us some of his father&#039;s coin collection. Back then, there was an occasional Buffalo or very occasional Standing Liberty turning up in circulation (dates all worn off, of course), with a considerable number of Mercurys still bouncing around. When I saw those Barbers, however, I thought, &quot;What the heck is THAT?&quot; I was hooked, and 53 years later, I&#039;m still hooked![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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