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Went to a yardsale with my dad and found...

KoolKidKoolKid Posts: 13
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a wooden box. The box was what attracted my pop. He collects wooden boxes and coins too. Anyway, the box was 1/2 full with foreign coins dating back to the mid-1800's. He was looking at the coins and found the following U.S.Coins...

1787 NJ penny in f-12 maybe better
1804 half penny w/o stems in vf
1805 half penny in f-12
1864 2 cent lg motto in vf
1803 draped bust lg cent in good

alot of wheat back cents and zinc steel cents. It turned out to be a nice find for foreign coins. The guy who sold them didn't know what he had. Sorry, can't post pics.
edited to say...He only paid $15.00 for the box and got these cool coins.
Danielimage
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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭
    Wow --- that's a great yard-sale find!


  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Outstanding find... congratulations... Cheers, RickO
  • questor54questor54 Posts: 1,351 ✭
    Congratulations!
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! Great find! Too bad you can't post pics.
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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    oh my !!!! a pic of the box and coins is in order !
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! Get us some pics!!

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  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    Daniel - Maybe your father Tom can post some pics?

    image
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AWESOME! I need to go hang out with you guys. image

    Your dad needs to set up an account on here, if he isn't already on here! He can join in on the fun too you know. You would always be senior though (joining first). image

    Something you will learn about very quickly on here - You need a cheap digital camera to take pics with so you can post them on here and share. image

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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow! Nice find! image
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  • MonstavetMonstavet Posts: 1,235 ✭✭
    I'll nominate that for a 'U suck!' award!! Anyone want to second-suck me? Love these kind of stories.
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love garage sales - great pickup. image
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  • thesearcherthesearcher Posts: 134
    Great score!
  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭


    << <i>I'll nominate that for a 'U suck!' award!! Anyone want to second-suck me? Love these kind of stories. >>



    Ahhhh..even a Darkside Lord M You Suck Award (such as the one i recieved last month) requires a piccie or two , if only life were simpler..image
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
  • fiveNdimefiveNdime Posts: 1,088 ✭✭
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    my dad would have bargained even more.
    he craves "a better deal".
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  • greatnortherncoingreatnortherncoin Posts: 412
    coin collectors will now be the new low ballers
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  • yellowjacketyellowjacket Posts: 1,809 ✭
    What a cool find!

    How often, it seems, you find obsolete coinage in groups of world coins...don't people see "United States of America" on these coins?

    Garrow
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'll nominate that for a 'U suck!' award!! Anyone want to second-suck me? Love these kind of stories. >>



    I was just thinking this. This is definitely U-suckworthy. Great score!!!

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  • RunnersDadRunnersDad Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭
    What a great score! Congratulations on the cool finds!
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  • KoolKidKoolKid Posts: 13
    Daniel - Maybe your father Tom can post some pics?

    sorry...don't have the right scanner to post pics. we used to.image


    danielimage
    Young collector
  • ksammutksammut Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭
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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,663 ✭✭✭
    Outstanding!

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How come all the yardsales I go to the guy always knows what he has? LOL
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice good for you. Don't let pop get them. image


    Hoard the keys.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice score image

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