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i got two loupes today!!!!

i think canadian coins are purdy i wonder why there isnt any intrest up there??? i hope you find help soon!! ever trying to find a expert of canadian coins n america???

got some nice coins from the auction ad some very nice extras!!

got my coins from finland and some nice extras

nice note!!

eww the second is yuckie!!!

very nice note dave!!

got a 1909 vdb lincoln and two extra ihc!!!

well last night i went to my girlies house and she was talking about a blind man coming into wendys and spending a very weird shiny penny. she saw it immedently and asked him if he was sure he wanted to spend it ,he said adruptly if it aint from 2007 i dont want it! she said ok and put it in her pocket and put another penny in the till. it was a 1957d wheatie nothing special but its in AU condition and is now in my book i think i might be getting her into collecting!!

i got a 2007 liberty copper dollor and two baknotes!!

wow look at the nose on that guy!!!

wow look at the nose on that guy!!!

nice finds!!! i like the buffalo!! what year is it??

Got an Idaho quarter here in Toronto. It's great, I don't even have to travel to the US to put together a set! LOL

haha are you allowed to take like rolls of coins out of canada into america???

kewl!!! nice find im no good at halo either!!

nice notes!!!

ahh well i actually dont like ppl talkin 2 me when i am browesing for a coin lol only if i have a question an want a straight answer lol not a life story like some dealers do xD eheh allows me 2 focus more

oh ur crazy lol i like there stories!! hehe

most people nowdays arnt in the coin buisness for themselfs there n it for the money thats why if they dont talk even f i try to make convo then i dont buy..

Generally my experiences with coin stores have been pretty good. The only problems I've had are when I walk into a coin store, people think I'm lost just because I'm a 20-year-old female (well, I look about 15, but whatever). Then, when I asked to see something specific, like Philadelphia mint Peace dollars, they still watched me like a hawk (no, they weren't trying to make themselves available for me to ask questions, they were staring at me from across the store). The one I frequent now is owned by the nicest guy; at least now I've frequented it enough for him to know I know my business! (except that one time I asked to see his Barber dollars when I meant halves... that was embarrasing...)

i would be too!! you barley see a female collector ,women are usually to busy with clothes and soaps so offense!

A couple local flea markets around here have some good dealers also. Theres a real nice little coin shop at Traders Village in Houston. The guy has some nice coins for a flea market and will do a deal on purchases. Coles Flea Market on Telephone road has a coin dealer there. (Been a while since I've been there.) Real nice guy kind of slim pickings though. He's been there about 30 years. A real pain to get parking (They charge for parking. ) and its a pain to get around the market though.

ride a bike lol free parking, and build up muscles lol

I'm going to hit them tomorrow. Only thing I don't like about them is trying to find a parking spot around there. It surprised me they missed the 1896-P VAM-19 8 in Denticles I picked up last week, it was in the bulk uncirculated bin. Most of the time they are real diligent about marking vams.

just show up about 5 am and wait lol

No problem. Some flea markets are the best place to find coins. At one flea market near me there was from 5 to 7 coin dealers or at least people that sold coins. Closed now due to building bought by another company. One dealer there was so rude it was almost a joke. If you started to look at his coins, he would say are you just looking or do you really want to buy something. Other dealers used to try to tell him that is the reason he never sells anything. At another flea market, still open all year long, there is guy that sells coins but really had no idea of what is what. All coins are dumped, and I mean dumped, into a few bins. US coins in one or two and foreign in another. All Mercury Dimes are $1 but if you buy more the price goes down. I've found a 26S, 42D/41, 16S, 18S and many, many others in that bin. These are not junk coins. A 38D Merc was FSB's and also for less than a buck.

Flea markets can be great.

the sellers i meet are usually nice theres a colored guy that doesnt really sell coins but had some hidden in the case and happend to see em (ihcs) he said interested?? i said sure am he said u buy 5 of em for .50 each and u can have the other five!! i jumped on it and see him evertime i go to the flea market!

eh ive never been in a coin shop cuz my mom just drives by lol ive only been to flea markets....

I really hate to remember this but not lost, but I think I would have preferred loosing a coin compared to this. At a coin show I found a 1921S Lincoln Cent in the most perfect condition any coin was ever in. It was raw but well could have been a MS-66. Regardless I knew the dealer and he said for me I could have it for $100, not sure but I think that was the price. Naturally I purchased it. At home I wanted to take it out of the 2x2 which was stapled together and put it in an album. I had a bad habit of usuing a sharp screwdriver to lift the staples up. The screwdriver slipped. Ran accross the face of Lincoln leaving a scratch that may as well been a foot deep.

poor abe