Flea Market Finds, Chapter 2

kryptonitecomics

Some of you may have read my first post entitled , Flea Market Finds, some good deals to be had!!!" and this is part two of that thread. This thread may not appeal to you Proof Morgan collectors or those with larger wallets, but it will give the little guy or small budgeted collector some idea of the types of good deals that can be had at the flea market. Flea markets aren't for the faint of heart as the usual coins found are harshly cleaned, common date coins that are overgraded and overpriced. For the astute collector that knows how to spot altered coins, and can also grade his own coins, there are sometimes diamonds in the ruff. In my last adventure to the flea market, I find some nice better grade coins for less than half of what they usually retail for at shops. They weren't rare by any means, but they were certainly a nice pickup for the price. The breakdown from trip #1 is below:

1865 3 Cent Nickel in EF-40 condition
1926 Lincoln Cent BU Red Condition
1915 Barber Dime in VF condition
1915-D Lincoln Cent in EF-40 Condition

Like I said, nothing rare, and no key dates in the bunch, but for $15 I couldn't go wrong.

Trip #2 occurred Saturday and the goal was to see if I could pick up a few Keys or Semi-keys for cheap money. Results:

1916 D Walking Liberty Half, Semi-Key in VG Condition



1938 D Walking Liberty Half, Key Date in F12 condition



As you can see I was able to locate some better date coins, and if you compare the grades of these coins to what you would find on say Ebay, you will see that these coins are accurately graded VS them being listed as a F12, and VF20 by some Ebay sellers. Now I am not going to be retiring off of the purchase of these two coins, but for the whopping sum of $20 Dollars I really couldn't go wrong.

So the moral to this thread for new collectors and us strictly budgeted veterans is that if you know what you looking for, and you know what a coins worth, you can find some of these............Diamonds in the Ruff.

Happy Collecting everyone

LanLord

Krypt, nice finds. I really like finding unexpected treasures. I once found a 1916s Walker in about the same condition as your 1916d at a pawn shop, the price ------ $38. I have no idea why or how they priced it, but I grabbed it and happily put it away in my collection.

Cool stuff.

Just thinking about this makes me want to go visit that pawn shop again

kryptonitecomics

TTT

pontiacinf

go kryptzilla !!!!!!!!!!!

09sVDB

Once got a 1865 XF40 two cent piece in a maine flea market for $15.

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>Once got a 1865 XF40 two cent piece in a maine flea market for $15. >>



Sounds like a great price, it's funny that I found the same date and grade last time, but it was the 3 Cent nickel. They'd make a nice matching pair!!!!

BlueCole

Plus, Flea MArket shopping sounds like a good way to satisfy both sides of the family--might see if i can drag the wifey off sometime. Krypt, what area do you live in?

B.

UncleJoe

Krypto, Thank you for sharing. Those are my kind of coins. I think they are great.

Joe.

kryptonitecomics

<< <i>Plus, Flea MArket shopping sounds like a good way to satisfy both sides of the family--might see if i can drag the wifey off sometime. Krypt, what area do you live in?

B. >>



Sorry I was out of town, just got back. I live in orlando.

coppercoins

I like to cherrypick the flea markets as well. I haven't had the time to do much of it this year, but I do know there are some decent finds to be made, especially for the die variety collector. I have a friend in Arkansas who bought a bucket of wheaties at a flea market one time and found none other than the 1955 DDO in the bucket. He had overpaid for the bucket as "circ wheats" but that one coin more than made up for the purchase seven times over.