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cash premiums are paid* Each year a fortune is offered by collectors for
tare coins and stamps for their collections Tlie prices paid ate amazing
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Coins, Bills and Stamps—Many Hundreds of Them—That Command Big Cash Premiums Are in Circu¬
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1 **; *.*.' * it;va lation or Are Being Held as Keepsakes and Carried As Curios
mm lake for example, the $500 gold piece of 1822 for which wc offer up to
$5 000 00 Over 1 7.000 of these pieces were coined yet only three known spec-
People who fail to post themselves on the values of old money surel y deprive
themselves of possible large profits. What else can be the case when an 1804
, , , c . _ .___._ .... 1 ■_ dollar is passed in to a bank for a deposit as just One Dollar, ouch a case
.mens can be accounted /or. Somewhere in someone s possession or still being happcnedP It was ohtained from a Pennsylvania bank by Joseph Mickley of
passed about in circulation, there must be more of these coins—their holders Philadelphia who sold it for $750.00. We offer up to $2,500.00 for a similar coin
Hardly a day passes that we do not read in the newspapers of coins
found in circulation, or in old desks, old collections or dug up, that bring a for¬
tune to the finder. Read these clippings from leading papers of the country.
We have numerous similar clippings but these are enough to show you clearly
the VALUE OF BEING POSTED.
ttort Worth Money 1
ONLY A PENNY BUT _ / Expert Offers $ 1001
IT IS WORTH $2,500
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VALUE
BELOW THE BIG PRICES WE PAY FOR CERTAIN DATES OF U. S. MINTED COINS
Half Cent, up to- Silver Dollar, 1870, S Mint, up to_ $20 Gold Piece. 184Q. valued at_ $35,000.00
Fifteen other Half Cents $2.00 to-. Many other Dollars to 1004, $2.00 tc._ (Illustration of this remarkable coin
Large Copper Cent, up to- Trade Dollar, 1884 or 1885, up to_ is in the STAR RARE COIN ENCY¬
Several other Large Cents. $1.50 to (See pictures and complete history of CLOPEDIA ) ’
Small E'lying Eagle Cent, ic to_ 188 STAR
the Trade Dollars, page 188. STAR Several other $20 Gold Pieces up to
2c piece, up to... RARE COIN ENCYCLOPEDIA.) 1 qo7, at $21.00 to_ 30.00
jc piece, up to.-
5c piece, nickel, up to- Gold Dollar. 1854. C Mint up to.. Fractional Currency “Shin Plasters’*
QffKUJLj? Half-Dime, up to- Other Gold l^ollars, $1.25 to_
$2.50 Gold, up to_ Certain rare varieties of these notes bring high prices
Dimes, $1.00 to-
20c piece, up to-___ We pay premiums on ALL $3.00 Gold 5c note Red E^ack____$ ,50
25c piece, 1853, no arrows-... Pieces from $3.25 up to,„„„-^___ 10c note Red Back.... 1.75
$5.00 Gold Pieces, without motto, up to 15c note Red Back_ 4 00
$10 Gold Pieces, without motto, to 1007 25c note Green Back_ 3.50
550.00 50c note Spinner, signed by Allison & New _-25.00
ago. The Cent was probably worth up to James Ten l*yck Collection, Albany ,
45 368.00
It is a Reco£
Approved by a Curator Authority
of a Government Collec¬ Rare Coins
tion, Members of Assay
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Public Libraries and lead¬
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where.
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Special Features
This unusual book contains a general review of the coinage oi tne entire
There are many special features never before publishedI in any simitar coin
Id, illustrating the earliest specimens of coined money issued about 600 ook, among which ire specially prepared and Must rated articles 01
Irish Gun Money Siege Money," "Glass Mor y." and many others, also
complete illustrated, description of the way coins are made at the U. S. Mint.
Rare Postage Stamps Also Listed
The book also lists the prices we pay for rare stamps. We bi the highest
iced stamps and buy entire collections, as well as old letters prominent
jople, old documents, etc.
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. 1 formation regarding coins or bills which you
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