Category Archives: Tales from the Bourse

Tales from the Bourse – Finding Two 1945-P Dimes with Full Bands

This New Edition of Tales from the Bourse is published courtesy of David Lawrence Rare Coins…. John just read this and points out that I would have been much better off if I had kept the two dimes instead of the gold piece. Twenty dollar gold pieces are quite common (worth perhaps $500-$600 at the most in today’s market), […]

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Tales from the Bourse: The Ultimate Trade

A look back: The Ultimate Trade Back in 1980 the housing market was so bad, I recall that my parents couldn’t sell our very modest home in Hollywood, Florida. We needed to get out from under the thing so dad could take a professorship at Old Dominion University. Interest rates at the time were in the […]

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Tales from the Bourse: Gobrecht in a Bottle

This New Edition of Tales from the Bourse is published courtesy of David Lawrence Rare Coins…. It’s always difficult when someone comes in with a collection or family heirlooms to sell, when we have to tell them, “sorry, these aren’t as valuable as you think they are.” Often, it’s just a few common-date Morgan dollars in circulated condition […]

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