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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 3469477, member: 13307&quot;]Well...I wasn&#039;t going to deal with coins at all today (the weather is absolutely gorgeous and yard work is calling my name softly and sweetly)...but I sent a text to someone who works at a local coin shop asking if they had anything I&#039;d be interested in.&nbsp; The response:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Yes!&nbsp; Come in!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay.&nbsp; That&#039;s enthusiastic.&nbsp; I&#039;m headed over.&nbsp; I&#039;m also hoping it&#039;s not for a couple small pieces of nothing, like it so often is.&nbsp; Or a story about how they &quot;just sold something...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Nope.&nbsp; Not today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Get there, and they are very excited to show me a small pile of world silver (which I bought at spot) and a much larger pile of sterling jewelry (which I also bought at spot) </p><p><br /></p><p><i>World Silver:</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]922797[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>BUT</b>...something else caught my eye immediately.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As soon as it was within arms reach, I told them &quot;And I&#039;ll take this, too.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]922794[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Opened it up to make sure it wasn&#039;t empty.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn&#039;t empty.</p><p><br /></p><p>20 Different Cards:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]922798[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Countries: </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Australia</p><p>Austria</p><p>Bulgaria</p><p>Czech Republic</p><p>Egypt</p><p>Finland</p><p>Guernsey</p><p>Hungary</p><p>Iceland</p><p>Israel</p><p>Luxembourg</p><p>Mongolia</p><p>New Zealand</p><p>Norway</p><p>Oman</p><p>South Africa</p><p>Thailand</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;But...&quot; you&#039;re saying, &quot;That&#039;s only 17 cards.&nbsp; Where are the other three?&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>These were the oh-so-sweet cherries on the top of this sundae:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]922799[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s one China Proof, one China BU, one USSR Prooflike.</p><p><br /></p><p>This, ladies and gentlemen, is my <b>Buy Of The Year</b> so far.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So very, very happy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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