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<p>[QUOTE="okbustchaser, post: 24832532, member: 72642"]<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/do-you-prime-the-pump-for-new-collectors.260907/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/do-you-prime-the-pump-for-new-collectors.260907/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/do-you-prime-the-pump-for-new-collectors.260907/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>First, some background...</p><p><br /></p><p>Growing up in the 60's in small-town Oklahoma and working as an automotive fueling specialist (gas pump jockey), I often received obsolete coins that dated back to seated Liberties and occasionally even a bust coin or two. (In fact, this is what got me started on bust halves.) Later, after college, I went back to said small town and asked a couple of elderly gentlemen who had been regular customers if they had been "priming the pump" so to speak and seeking a new collector. Never could get either to admit it but I still think so.I now do the same thing. It is really cool to see the look when you spend a large cent or cull silver. Who knows...maybe the next Bustchaser is out there right now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="okbustchaser, post: 24832532, member: 72642"][URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/do-you-prime-the-pump-for-new-collectors.260907/[/URL] First, some background... Growing up in the 60's in small-town Oklahoma and working as an automotive fueling specialist (gas pump jockey), I often received obsolete coins that dated back to seated Liberties and occasionally even a bust coin or two. (In fact, this is what got me started on bust halves.) Later, after college, I went back to said small town and asked a couple of elderly gentlemen who had been regular customers if they had been "priming the pump" so to speak and seeking a new collector. Never could get either to admit it but I still think so.I now do the same thing. It is really cool to see the look when you spend a large cent or cull silver. Who knows...maybe the next Bustchaser is out there right now.[/QUOTE]
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