Yard Sale finds

Not anything like a major find, but I paid 50 cents at a yard sale on Saturday for a 3-ring binder page of 2x2s (20 total). Included were a Ky governor campaign pin from 1971 (Combs/Carroll ticket), a pair of cufflinks, part of a pin or a brooch, several coins from 50s-70s Yugoslavia and Turkey, a couple of tokens I've yet to identify, a 1960s rabies vaccination tag, and three "1 red point" Office of Price Administration rationing tokens from WWII.

A very weird mix, but not bad for fifty cents, I guess.

 

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What Just Carl suggested is not dishonesty. If you don't know what you have don't appreciate it and are willing to give it away at face value, that's your own prerogative. He's not trying to scam anybody.

 

Right on Carl !!!

Back to topic: Excellent, wow, I remember those !!! ( Back in Detroit when bags of wheaties were $75 and I was alot younger !! )

 

Burn it

Nice buy for 50cents!!

Speedy

 

Very, very true. The same thing you hear all the time on that TV show Antique Roadshow when someone buys a vase for $1 and it's worth thousands. Happens every day. The only thing is how many times I've heard that "oh you should have been here a few days ago, we just took a jar like that to the bank"
Better a collector like me gets it than having it all run through a banks cointing machine.
And it's not just coins. If you ask, you'ld be supprized at what else people have to get rid of but will not put out at such sales for numerous reasons. Usually, they didn't think anyone would want that. One neighbor of mine constantly gets oil paintings at garage/yard sales because he asks.