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<p>[QUOTE="Mr. Coin Lover, post: 668037, member: 16060"]It is amazing how coins appear to be all around us. Last Saturday morning I was coming home from work. At an intersection I have to turn was a sign for a garage sale. On the top of that sign was another sign that said coins. So I drove over to see what they had. It was all Central and South American both coins and paper money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just by looking it all appeared to be in excellent condition. Problem is I know absolutely nothing about this type of coinage or currency. I wished them luck selling it and left.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wondered when I left had anyone ever gone to an older residential section of a city and just gone door-to-door to see if anyone had old coins they would want to sell. I know coin buyers used to set up at a grocery or drugstore in some small towns to buy coins from people after they had run an ad in the local paper for a few days.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know the internet "killed" all or almost all of that, but some people have old coins they never think about unless specifically reminded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Coin Lover, post: 668037, member: 16060"]It is amazing how coins appear to be all around us. Last Saturday morning I was coming home from work. At an intersection I have to turn was a sign for a garage sale. On the top of that sign was another sign that said coins. So I drove over to see what they had. It was all Central and South American both coins and paper money. Just by looking it all appeared to be in excellent condition. Problem is I know absolutely nothing about this type of coinage or currency. I wished them luck selling it and left. I wondered when I left had anyone ever gone to an older residential section of a city and just gone door-to-door to see if anyone had old coins they would want to sell. I know coin buyers used to set up at a grocery or drugstore in some small towns to buy coins from people after they had run an ad in the local paper for a few days. I know the internet "killed" all or almost all of that, but some people have old coins they never think about unless specifically reminded.[/QUOTE]
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