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he was, at which time she would be able to sell them for a good price. Apparently, she spent one coin on ice cream on the way home; this now well-worn coin is said to have sold for $ 2.40 in Gimbel's department store in New York City in 1957 and it sold for $ 34,100 at auction in 1980. Much later Hallie sold the remaining two dimes to
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