book 4

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: book 4
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3104] Re: book 4
Date: 6/30/00 9:24 pm  (ET)

> Oh, and dad's comment about selling it for a
 "ridiculous amount" is in itself ridiculous. In 8 days everyone will
 have it.

It's collectors who are ridiculous, not that dad. The Sacajawea dollar
(what is its nickname? 'squaw dollar' would be totally politically
incorrect!)is an example. Ten of them got out a month before the mint
released them -- they had gotten into a bin of quarters. And collectors
paid a pretty penny for those ten, even tho' thousands more would
flood the market in a month. Their high value must depend on having
a certificate travel with them, vouching that this is coin that was
released early. I wondered what if some collector sold the certificate
with a different copy of the coin and then revealed what he had done?