Pennies from Heaven...
...Make that 1 penny from Los Alamitos, California. Not many people know this, but in addition to Atari 2600 collecting, I also collect coins, specifically pennies. The oldest penny I have is from 1838, but that could change because I got back to collecting them again, and here's an ad for an 1822 VG for only $27. The first penny was made around 1792 (should've been a 300th Columbus voyage anniversary coin! 
) Well, anyway, I'm not one of those people that pay ridiculous prices for them (for instance, in the same ad, it has an 1800 Damage on Face EF for $500. No way in heck am I gonna pay that much for a coin. What really bugs me is that these coin company ads you see in the magazines have a 1-800 # for ordering, but no 1-800 # for asking questions. I'm not going to dial long distance just for a question about one coin (I don't have a question about one coin, but if I did, I'm not gonna pay long distance for it.)
Anyway, one other thing I should mention is I was looking in the classifieds for anything Atari and came across this:
"ventage atari 130xe computer w/many extra,s $200. firm call [phone number]."
That's exactly the way it's put. Does this guy not know about apostrophes? And he spelled 'vintage' wrong. I want to call the guy just to tell him that, but I'm not gonna. What I want to know are: What is an Atari 130XE and how much is one worth?
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