As the economy sinks, pawn shops get busy

PHIL SKINNER /pskinner@ajc.com

Joe Ellis, owner of Cherokee Coin and Pawn in Alpharetta, has seen more people trying to sell costume jewelry, which he doesn’t accept. ‘I’m sensing people are scraping the bottom of the barrel,’ Ellis said.

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