Flea Market Finds

[Heavington]

Hello everyone, the primary way I pick up anything for my collection or silver stack is from flea markets and today was a very good day ! Went to my usual today and since it was rainy half of the dealers didn't even show up, but today I ended up walking out with more money than I came with (bet that won't happen ever again ). I am going to go back tomorrow, it is supposed to be a better day and more dealers should actually show up this time. Paid a dollar each for the Kennedy halfs, sold them off for 2 each, the ones in the picture are the ones I have left.

 

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[vpnavy]

Nice buys! Thanks for sharing...

 

[cyberdan]

what are the years that you sold for $2.00?

1965 to 1970 are worth $2.84 in silver right now & 1964 is at $6.94

If you want just random years of JFK you can buy at 50¢ each in boxes of 1000 ($500)
I used to buy 2-3 boxes a week to pull out the silver. don't do that any more.

If a bank has up to $100 worth I will buy. and then spend at yard sales. people love it, most have never seen halves.
In the last month or two I have spent around $80 at yardsales.

 

[cyberdan]

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That embroidered thing brings back some old Navy memories. Been to all 4 of those places.
Don't know, what is the name of the one in the middle, Nagasaki?

Been to Japan probably 6-8 times since my Navy days.

 

[Heavington]

Went back and found these:

 

[Heavington]

That embroidered thing brings back some old Navy memories. Been to all 4 of those places.
Don't know, what is the name of the one in the middle, Nagasaki?

The middle one is Nikko and the halfs were 65-70, I only sold them at 2 dollars each because I was friends with the guy and have bought plenty of silver for under melt from him.

 

[cyberdan]

The middle one is Nikko

Nikko? That it so far out of the way for any sailor to visit with a few days off. Tokyo is pretty far too but a lot of faster direct trains to that city. Took these on my last trip to Kamakura and Toyko.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Made some nice scores at the swap meet today... Found a Snake Mountain playset for 2 dollars (worth 15-30) a TMNT carrying case for 8 bucks, a Remco Carlos Colon figure for 2 bucks (worth 20+), and a Clawdeen tiger with saddle for 5 bucks (worth at least 10)!

 

[Keith Jackson]

I managed to hit a flea market for the first time in a long while. There were lots of dealers selling older things, but most of the stuff that I was interested in was very overpriced. I also don't have tons of room to put things so I had to be very selective. I did manage to find 7 military service medals. Six of them were in their original boxes and had never been issued. The ones that I got were the Liberation of Kuwait set, a Humanitarian Service set, an Army Good Conduct set with the bar with 4 knots, the Southwest Asia Service set, the Army Achievement set, and the Army Commendation set. The Army Achievement and Commendation medals were in their original presentation boxes. I also got some WWII service medal that did not come it a box or anything. It was just laying on a shelf near the others so I got the dealer to throw them in. None of them are worth very much and all appear to be from the mid to late 90s. I feel that I got a good deal on them for $27 since I don't plan on reselling them.

 

[JimDon]

Now that is the way to by coins.