Mutt and Jeff decided to attend the Sunrise Swap Shop on Sunday February 9th. They met at the entrance at about 7:30 in the morning. Mutt regularly attends this venue on Thursdays, where he quite often sees Harvey doing the flea market. He knows his way around pretty well. Jeff is new to the market, but attended on rare occasions in the past. Mutt generally purchases medals and old travel books.

The market is not what it was 20 or 30 years ago, said Jeff. He had little expectations of finding much. They went up and down aisles that Mutt knew from experience might yield the best opportunities to buy. Chatting about things numismatic as they went along. Mutt was able to acquire a military medal from one dealer and a large Ben Gurion Israel medal for $2.00 from another. In the process they developed a bit of chatter with the dealers and between each other, what they started calling the Mutt and Jeff approach. They were dressed as tourists, and by hitting the dealers with talk from two directions; seemed to be able to make the transactions go smoother

Mutt found a silver swimming medal from 1928 and asked the dealer what he wonted for .it. It was perhaps worth 5-10 dollars. The dealer asked $25.00. Mutt demurred. In the meantime, in the next display case; Jeff found a Russian ruble, while Mutt bargained for the swimming medal. When Jeff asked about the large silver coin, $5.00 came the reply. Jeff did not get excited or show much emotion, but pulled out a $5. bill quickly, while Mutt kept up the conversation about the swimming medal and how silver was only $4.50 per troy ounce.

Later at home Jeff checked Krause, which proved enlighten, as the ruble dated 1833 was cataloged at $120.00 in xf. Originally he thought it might be worth about $30. so was very pleasantly surprised. It seem there is still stuff out there.

After a bit of breakfast at about 10:00 AM and more numismatic talk, they went to the rear of the flea market. Jeff didn't find anything else of note, but Mutt was able to purchase some Arabic books and an English to Arabic dictionary. He asked where they came from of the dealer, who said, "from abandoned storage spaces". He got a big laugh from her when he made a remark, "Who knows what's next, they may prove to be very useful".

Mutt and Jeff left about 11:30 and said a good time was had by all.

This is the first in a series of Mutt & Jeff sagas. They are members of the Fort Lauderdale Coin Club. These adventures first appeared in the Fort Lauderdale Coin Club Newsletter.