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My Experiences at the 2019 World’s Fair of Money #2

In my last column, I told you about my efforts to sell coins, jewelry, and silverware at the World’s Fair of Money in August. I was able to sell the items relatively easily on the seemingly infinite bourse. In addition, I had the name and address of a firm that would purchase the rest of the jewelry I had left at home. With a couple of shipments from home to the firm plus the jewelry I had sold at the show, I was able to write checks to a widow for a little more than $20,000.

After disposing of the coins from two small

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