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Anyone ever look at bullion shops for rare varieties/high grade? I've got a few that will keep anything British, foreign, or interesting out for me and I've gotten some scarce coins (nothing scarce British wise but have gotten a few key date central/south American coins) along with a large tin filled with Victorian bronze that I paid scrap copper price for. Anyone else do the same thing? I'd imagine it would be fairly easy to find scarce varieties being sold for melt.

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Common varieties are squirrelled away.Bullion shops are few and far between.

There are plenty of varieties out there it is just where you draw the line.

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Gotten? Surely Peck the spelling police meister will soon be along :lol:

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Richard (Tom) picked me up on this.It is English based.

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never seen one, do have a look at the dealers scrap though.

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I've had a few results at a local antique centre. :) trouble is I go for a look at the coins and often come home with clutter.

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Gotten? Surely Peck the spelling police meister will soon be along :lol:

'Gotten' is Old English and perfectly acceptable (and correct) usage to an American. I think it sounds nice. ;)

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ive never seen a bullion shop, i wonder if theyve gotten this far south

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ive never seen a bullion shop, i wonder if theyve gotten this far south

The one's around here only seem interested in lead and copper. :ph34r:

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Gotten? Surely Peck the spelling police meister will soon be along :lol:

'Gotten' is Old English and perfectly acceptable (and correct) usage to an American. I think it sounds nice. ;)

I've gone and gotten me a dictionary :)

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Gotten? Surely Peck the spelling police meister will soon be along :lol:

'Gotten' is Old English and perfectly acceptable (and correct) usage to an American. I think it sounds nice. ;)

I've gone and gotten me a dictionary :)

Yippee. A Jockinese to English translation service, specially adapted for the Ayephone. :D

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Yippee. A Jockinese to English translation service, specially adapted for the Ayephone.

WOW.....now that would be a very sophisticated piece of application software :D

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Yippee. A Jockinese to English translation service, specially adapted for the Ayephone.

WOW.....now that would be a very sophisticated piece of application software :D

:lol:

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Used a bullion shop for sovereigns - nice ones (BU) when collecting in person, grotty ones (nEF) by post. But they are just bullion.

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I always look at the scraped silver in a local scrap dealers stall he is at all the local collectors fairs /flea markets.

The saddest thing is the silver medals from the first world war probably sold for £17.50 or so , it really was not worth selling them 10 years ago - they would have fetched a £5 note.

To just hold one and think about what the holder had to do for the medal breaks your heart.

£17.50? The darn things should be priceless!

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I always look at the scraped silver in a local scrap dealers stall he is at all the local collectors fairs /flea markets.

The saddest thing is the silver medals from the first world war probably sold for £17.50 or so , it really was not worth selling them 10 years ago - they would have fetched a £5 note.

To just hold one and think about what the holder had to do for the medal breaks your heart.

£17.50? The darn things should be priceless!

I agree, but the truth is that most of them are unnamed campaign medals issued and handed out by the truckload. Entirely deserving, but sadly collectors see them so often that without a name they just won't bother.

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