Mutt was running late as he crossed the walkover bridge at the Swap Shop. There was Jeff sitting on the bench in front of the building. It was Twenty minutes of seven, the sky was partly cloudy. Each had their wide brim hats and a water bottle. The market looked sparse for a Thursday (free day at the flea market).

Mutt and Jeff walked around, looking at the mostly junk, nothing to buy. Mutt found a penny on the pavement and a few steps later, Jeff found a dime while looking down. Soon bumped into Harvey who seemed to be in a hurry, as he did not stop to talk. Jeff kept asking for foreign coins, but non were to be seen, until someone had a couple of Nazi marks and a 1967 & 1968 larger silver coins of Denmark. The asking prices were too much, so he passed.

Then Mutt hit it along his lines, a modern unusual bronze medal commemoration D-day June 6, 1944 from Paris. The dealer, who was very nice, said she had visited the beaches in Normandy on a recent trip and purchased two of the souvenirs, one to keep and this one, she was selling for $15.00. While Mutt kept looking at the medal, Jeff said it was only worth 3 or 4 dollars, so the lady came down to $12.00. Still a little pitter patter between all three, kept the interest on both sides going, when the lady said she would take ten dollars. Although Jeff thought Mutt was crazy, he made the purchase, just to break the ice. Jeff asked if she had any foreign coins and a small box was displayed. "Junk" he said, spotting an 100 yen modern coin from Japan and telling the dealer that was the best, but you would have to go to Japan to spend it. Then Mutt spotted a bridge token. Jeff said it was from Philadelphia, but Mutt wanted to buy it anyway, offering a dime. The price ended at a quarter, with two other coins thorn in, both from Japan. Looking at the lady, she might have been from Japan herself. The medal is shown below.

The miscellaneous treasurers are pictured as follows:

Two hours had passed in the heat, so they decided to go in the air conditioning for coffee and more numismatic conversation. Walking back to go inside, Mutt recognize a Life Member, Past President of the Hollywood Club. He asked about a few members. He is out of coins now; actually they are in his safety box and he is into antiques.

Back inside with coffee, the conversation was numismatics and computers; Jeff had a bid on e-bay for one of Mutt's items, which Mutt though was great. He said Its like printing money when you sell on e-bay. The trick is to sell it.

About 10:30 AM Jeff said ado and Mutt feeling refreshed, decided to check out a few more isles of the Swap Shop. No more coins, but several interesting items; a British weekly paper The Graphic with a front page picture of the "sinking of the Maine" dated March 12, 1898, a coffee cup new in the box, a Country Western CD, each $1.00 and a book of Hawaiian Street Names, of interest as his daughter and five grand children live on three different islands, there, for 50 cents.

MUTT and JEFF are members of the Fort Lauderdale Coin Club and these articles appear in their Newsletter..