apush
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- Dec 21, 2009
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Apush's trip to the local coin shoppe
A few weeks back I posted what I thought was a dime error coin. The pics posted were not so great and therefore it was difficult for the nice folks who offered advice on T-Net to give any realistic evaluation. Finally, I had a few minutes at lunch to run to a local coin shoppe with my clad dime in tow.
I have only been in the shoppe one other time and was not too impressed. Not good vibes, but this is the closest coin dealer in my area. So, I hand him the dime, ask him if it is really an error from the mint, or post-mint. He gets out his loupe, says this looks like a very interesting dime, then takes his loupe off and places the dime under a microscope. He tells me it does look like an error from the mint, but this is not his area of expertise. He then hands me a business card and says that our town has a coin club that meets every third Thursday of the month. One of the members specializes in errors. Asks me to come by and the guy will check the dime out. I thank him, but before I leave, just out of curiosity, I wanted to know what he paid for junk silver. Told him I had 100-40% and 100-90% halves. For the 40% he would pay $1 each and $220 for the 90%. No, I did not sell my silver.
apush
A few weeks back I posted what I thought was a dime error coin. The pics posted were not so great and therefore it was difficult for the nice folks who offered advice on T-Net to give any realistic evaluation. Finally, I had a few minutes at lunch to run to a local coin shoppe with my clad dime in tow.
I have only been in the shoppe one other time and was not too impressed. Not good vibes, but this is the closest coin dealer in my area. So, I hand him the dime, ask him if it is really an error from the mint, or post-mint. He gets out his loupe, says this looks like a very interesting dime, then takes his loupe off and places the dime under a microscope. He tells me it does look like an error from the mint, but this is not his area of expertise. He then hands me a business card and says that our town has a coin club that meets every third Thursday of the month. One of the members specializes in errors. Asks me to come by and the guy will check the dime out. I thank him, but before I leave, just out of curiosity, I wanted to know what he paid for junk silver. Told him I had 100-40% and 100-90% halves. For the 40% he would pay $1 each and $220 for the 90%. No, I did not sell my silver.
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