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<p>[QUOTE="Hommer, post: 2057741, member: 73266"]I live in a small town. When I first started collecting, there wasn't an internet and the only reference material that I had was the good ole World Book Encyclopedia. Every once in a while I would see an add of some sort in the back of the free monthly magazine from REA that had an add wanting you to send them your 3 legged Buffalos or 59 doubles or some type of error coin.</p><p>Having big hopes I bought the biggest magnifying glass that Ben Franklin 5 and Dime had and started on my quest to rid the world of their error coins. </p><p>Like I mentioned earlier I live in a small town. After weeks of getting rolls of pennies from the bank, checking them and then swapping them for more, I started to recognise some of the same damaged coins that I had looked at before. Particularly one that had been shot with a 22. It wasn't long before I had repurposed the magnifying glass into a fire starter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hommer, post: 2057741, member: 73266"]I live in a small town. When I first started collecting, there wasn't an internet and the only reference material that I had was the good ole World Book Encyclopedia. Every once in a while I would see an add of some sort in the back of the free monthly magazine from REA that had an add wanting you to send them your 3 legged Buffalos or 59 doubles or some type of error coin. Having big hopes I bought the biggest magnifying glass that Ben Franklin 5 and Dime had and started on my quest to rid the world of their error coins. Like I mentioned earlier I live in a small town. After weeks of getting rolls of pennies from the bank, checking them and then swapping them for more, I started to recognise some of the same damaged coins that I had looked at before. Particularly one that had been shot with a 22. It wasn't long before I had repurposed the magnifying glass into a fire starter.[/QUOTE]
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