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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TOLS196024, post: 128135, member: 3884&quot;]Earlier this week I was talking to a customer here at work with whom I have a good rapport.&nbsp; His father passed away several years ago and he is in the process of cleaning out the house to sell it.&nbsp; He told me that under the basement stairs he found several boxes of old coins.&nbsp; His father owned a store back in the 30&#039;s and 40&#039;s and aparently saved quite a bit of coinage, all silver.&nbsp; He asked if I would be willing to help him sort and and value the coins, and I naturally agreed.&nbsp; I told him to just leave the coins as he found them, and not to clean any.&nbsp; When I arrived at his home last evening I found him standing over the sink with a bottle of silver polish scrubbing away!!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; He hadn&#039;t cleaned too many of them before I stopped him, but one of the coins he had gotten to was a.......</p><p><br /></p><p>1916-D MERCURY DIME!!!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>He showed it to me and was very proud of how he made it shine.&nbsp; I then told him that he took a coin worth nearly $1000.00 and chopped the value by more than half.&nbsp; Needless to say, he didn&#039;t polish any more of them.&nbsp; I am still working my way through the hoard (I&#039;m guessing around $4000.00 face), but it&#039;s pretty clear that this guy has hit the jackpot.&nbsp; Most of the coins date between the late 20&#039;s and the mid 1940&#039;s.&nbsp; The newest that I have encountered is a 1946 Walker and the oldest a 1907 Barber Quarter.&nbsp; Most are simply junk silver, but I have found a few gems:</p><p><br /></p><p>A second 1916-D Merc&nbsp; VG8</p><p>2 1921 Mercs</p><p>1942/1 Merc&nbsp; </p><p>1932-D Washington</p><p>1921 Walker</p><p>3 1938-D Walkers</p><p><br /></p><p>Once I finish sorting everything, I will be submitting all of the keys for slabbing.&nbsp; So, at least the story has a happy ending!</p><p><br /></p><p>Tom[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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