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I bought something today of little value which is really priceless --- let me explain.
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An older gentleman has been coming into our store the last few weeks to liquidate his collection. He comes every few days with bags and boxes, goes home to go through what he has and shows up in a couple days with more. I think it was on Thursday when he came in last and among the stuff he had was a three-ring-binder of about 10 pages. As is our work flow, it made it over to me on Friday and I finally got around to breaking it all down late today.
Among the items in the little flip pockets were a few Liberty Nickels pictured below, and that's where the "surprise" was found. Let me explain.
I first started to collect around 1965 but never made it to a Coin Shop until a few years later. My best friend at the time lived two houses away and he was my first influence, probably is the reason I collect today. His father took us to a coin shop one afternoon and it happened to be Cozy Coin. The owner was a guy named Ron Wise.
After getting away from the Hobby during the late 1970's till about 2000 one of the first things I tried to do was go to some of the old shops I remembered. I found out that Ron had died and the shop was long gone. It's a funny thing, though, most of the "veterans" have fond memories of him. I guess it was what I had remembered, a friendly place to hang out where the owner was always willing to help and answer questions.
So I just smiled today when I found these flips. I went and asked my boss what he wanted for them(and the Nickels). Now I'll tuck them away in the box with stuff that will never be sold. Priceless!!
Al H.
Among the items in the little flip pockets were a few Liberty Nickels pictured below, and that's where the "surprise" was found. Let me explain.
I first started to collect around 1965 but never made it to a Coin Shop until a few years later. My best friend at the time lived two houses away and he was my first influence, probably is the reason I collect today. His father took us to a coin shop one afternoon and it happened to be Cozy Coin. The owner was a guy named Ron Wise.
After getting away from the Hobby during the late 1970's till about 2000 one of the first things I tried to do was go to some of the old shops I remembered. I found out that Ron had died and the shop was long gone. It's a funny thing, though, most of the "veterans" have fond memories of him. I guess it was what I had remembered, a friendly place to hang out where the owner was always willing to help and answer questions.
So I just smiled today when I found these flips. I went and asked my boss what he wanted for them(and the Nickels). Now I'll tuck them away in the box with stuff that will never be sold. Priceless!!
Al H.
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Glad you were able to pick up such sentimental pieces.
Thanks for sharing.
I bought Liberty nickels that were of very similar condition, at my local B & M, as a child in the late 1970s, too.
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
BTW, those flips look scary. Maybe you should swap them for safe ones (but save the inserts, of course).
Lance.
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Great story and what collecting is all about.
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
The Cozy Coin Shop of Eastlake, Ohio! Fond memories!! I spent a lot of time there growing up -- it was just a couple short blocks from my grandparents house!
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I went there as a little kid (up until high school) and he closed the business around then, 1995.
I'd love to find flips like yours, I'd buy them, too!
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Great story and what collecting is all about.
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mark
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can't remember the name of the shop but was Alvin Buckholtz the owner??? it might have been Shaker Coin but I think that was a later rendition or a new shop altogether. Alvin left the business for, well, non-coin circumstances.