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Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby Franco American » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:57 am

Hi everyone, I am a new member of this group and wanted to tell you about the flea market finds I found today. I should start out by telling you that I am an American currently living and woring in France. I had been feeling left out reading about your bank finds so I decided to start checking out the local flea markets, I went to one of the many Sunday morning flea markets today and found the followng coins:

1921 S Morgan Dollar - paid $19.74
1916S Wheat cent - paid $.66
1943P Nickel - paid $.26
1951 Canadian Quarter - paid $.26
1953 Canadian Dime - paid $.26
(5) Silver Roosevelt dimes - paid $5.17

I know most peopledo not get this kind of chance but I would suggest to anyone visiting Europe to check out the local flea markets for American coins. They are not collected here and there are opportunities to score silver under MP.
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby Saabman » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:16 am

Nice haul!!!
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby Z00 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:33 pm

So how cheap can you buy the old franc coinage that is .999 nickel?
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby dakota1955 » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:10 pm

you are doing just as we are with bank finds
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby NHsorter » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:15 pm

Justification for a trip to Europe!!! Yay!!
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby Franco American » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:16 pm

I have not priced any of the old francs because that stuff will be priced at retail over here. I found the things I posted in boxes of miscellaneous "foreign" coins...
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby hags » Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:53 pm

Nice haul....I'd hunt them flea markets like nobodys business....
I own (1) 16S after lokking at millions of pennies and you buy one for half price of a G4...very nice....

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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby coinwolf » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:09 pm

Nice little hunt! I haven't been to France since 1990, There were some nice places to visit over there and got tipsy in several disco techs as they called them.
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby schockergd » Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:22 pm

Very nice finds.
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby penny pretty » Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:51 pm

very nice finds.hope it helps buying a 7 dollar big mac, or 8 dollar a gallon gas
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby TXBullion » Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:15 pm

I had the same type of luck last time I was in Europe too.
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby Franco American » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:27 pm

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. It is nice to get the encouragement that I am going about this the correct way. I only wish I would have thought about it earlier. I was here for 4 years and probably could have really cleaned up. BTW- for those of you who are interested, a Big Mac value meal costs more like $7.80 total at the current exchange rate. :D
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Re: Silver Coin Flea Market Finds

Postby db23 » Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:51 pm

Franco American wrote:BTW- for those of you who are interested, a Big Mac value meal costs more like $7.80 total at the current exchange rate. :D

I bet it tastes better over there too! :)
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