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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                           NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of November 11, 2002, between
MIDAS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and ROBERT R.
SCHOEBERL, a Director of the Corporation (the "Holder").

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires, by affording the Holder an opportunity to
purchase shares of the Corporation's Common Stock as hereinafter provided, to
carry out the purposes of the Corporation's Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"),
as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on November 21, 1997;
and

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
(the "Committee") has duly made all determinations necessary or appropriate to
the grant hereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto have agreed, and do hereby
agree, as follows:

1. The Corporation hereby irrevocably grants to the Holder, as a matter of
separate agreement and not in lieu of salary or any other compensation for
services, the right and option (the "Option"), to purchase THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
(35,000) shares of Common Stock of the Corporation on the terms and conditions
herein set forth.

2. For each of said shares purchased, the Holder shall pay to the Corporation
$7.31 per share (the "Option Price").

3. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 7 and 8 hereof, this Option shall be
for a term of ten years from the date of this Agreement and shall become
exercisable as to one-third of the shares covered by this Option on the first
anniversary hereof, as to two-thirds of the shares covered by this Option on the
second anniversary hereof (reduced by such number of shares as may have
theretofore been purchased hereunder), and as to all shares covered by this
Option and not theretofore purchased on the third anniversary hereof. The
Corporation shall not be required to issue any fractional shares upon exercise
of this Option, and any fractional interests resulting from the calculation of
the number of shares in respect of which this Option may be exercised prior to
the third anniversary hereof shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share.
Except as provided in paragraphs 7 and 8 hereof, this Option may not be
exercised unless the Holder shall, at the time of exercise, be a Director of the
Corporation, as defined in the Plan.

4. This Option may be exercised only by one or more notices in writing of the
Holder's intent to exercise this Option, accompanied by payment by check to the
Corporation in an amount equal to the aggregate Option Price of the total number
of whole shares then being purchased. Unless otherwise specified by the
Corporation, each such notice and check shall be delivered to the Treasurer of
the Corporation, at the principal office of the Corporation or, at the risk of
the Holder, mailed to the Treasurer at said office.

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5. Following the exercise of this Option, the Corporation will advise the Holder
of the applicable Federal and state income taxes required to be withheld by
reason of such exercise. Thereupon, the Holder shall forthwith deliver to the
Corporation a check payable to the Corporation representing said taxes.

6. This Option is not transferable by the Holder otherwise than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of
the Holder, only by the Holder.

7. In the event the Holder is no longer a Director of the Corporation, other
than by reason of death, the Holder may exercise this Option at any time within
three months (or one year, if the Holder is permanently and totally disabled
within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code)
after the date he last serves as a Director, but only if and to the extent this
Option was exercisable on that date, and in no event after the date on which
this Option would otherwise terminate.

8. In the event of the death of the Holder, then this Option may be exercised by
the legatees under the last will of the Holder, or by the personal
representatives or distributees of the Holder, at any time within a period of
nine months after the Holder's death, but only if and to the extent this Option
was exercisable at the date of death (unless death occurs while the Holder is a
Director of the Corporation, in which case all shares subject to this Option
shall be fully exercisable), and in no event after the date on which this Option
would otherwise terminate.

9. If, prior to the termination of this Option, the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be increased or decreased by reason of
a stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or combination thereof, then
the number of shares at the time subject to this Option, the number of shares
reserved for issuance pursuant to exercise hereof, and the Option Price per
share shall be proportionately adjusted without any change in the aggregate
Option Price therefor.

10. If, prior to the termination of this Option, the outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Corporation shall be affected by any change other than those
specifically mentioned in the preceding paragraph (e.g., by reason of a
spin-off, split-up, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or
exchange of shares), then the aggregate number and class of shares thereafter
subject to this Option and the Option Price thereof, and the number and class of
shares reserved for issuance pursuant to exercise hereof, may be appropriately
adjusted in such manner as the Committee shall in its sole discretion determine
to be equitable and consistent with the purposes of the Plan. Such determination
shall be conclusive for all purposes of this Option.

11. This Option and each and every obligation of the Corporation hereunder are
subject to the requirement that if at any time the Corporation shall determine,
upon advise of counsel, that the listing, registration, or qualification of the
shares covered hereby upon any securities exchange or under any state or Federal
law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is
necessary or desirable as a condition of or in connection with the granting of
this Option or the purchase of shares hereunder, this Option may not be
exercised in whole or in part unless and until such listing, registration,
qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of
any conditions not acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

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12. In the event of a "change in control" or a "Pooling Transaction," as those
terms are defined in the Plan, the Holder shall have all of the rights specified
in Paragraph 10(B) and, if applicable, Paragraph 10(D) of the Plan.

13. Nothing herein contained shall confer on the Holder any of the rights of a
shareholder with respect to any of the shares subject to this Option until such
shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Option; affect the Holder's
right to participate in and receive benefits under and in accordance with the
provisions of any pension, profit-sharing, insurance, or other employee benefit
plan or program of the Corporation in which Holder may be otherwise entitled to
participate; or limit or otherwise affect the right of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation (subject to any required approval by the shareholders) at any
time or from time to time to alter, amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan and
the rules for its administration; provided, however, that no termination or
amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of the Holder, adversely affect
the Holder's rights under this Option.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement has been duly
executed by the Corporation and the Holder as of the day and year first above
written.

     MIDAS, INC.                                   Holder:

By:
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     Acting Chief Executive Officer                ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.18

                             RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT dated as of November 11, 2002, between MIDAS,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL,
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
"Holder").

     WHEREAS, the Corporation desires, by granting to the Holder certain
restricted shares of the Corporation's Common Stock as hereinafter provided, to
carry out the purposes of the Corporation's Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"),
as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on November 21, 1997,
and approved by its shareholders; and

          WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation has duly made all determinations necessary or appropriate to the
grant hereof.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the Holder's
acceptance of the terms and conditions hereof, the parties hereto have agreed,
and do hereby agree, as follows:

          1.   The Corporation hereby grants to the Holder, as a matter of
separate agreement and not in lieu of salary or any other compensation for
services, FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,000) shares of Common Stock of the Corporation on
the terms and conditions herein set forth.

          2.   The certificates representing the shares of Common Stock granted
to the Holder shall be registered in the name of the Holder and retained in the
custody of the Corporation until such time as they are delivered to the Holder
or forfeited to the Corporation in accordance with the terms hereof (the
"Restriction Period"). During the Restriction Period, the Holder will be
entitled to vote such shares and to receive dividends paid on such shares (less
any amounts, if any, which the Corporation is required to withhold for taxes).

          3.   If the Holder shall have been continuously a Director of the
Corporation for a period of one year from the date of grant of this Restricted
Stock Award, the Corporation shall deliver to the Holder on or about the first
anniversary thereof a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder and free
of restrictions hereunder, representing one-third of the total number of shares
granted to the Holder pursuant to this Agreement. Similarly, if the Holder shall
have been continuously a Director of the Corporation on each of the second and
third anniversaries thereof, the Corporation on or about each such anniversary
shall deliver additional certificates representing one-third of the total number
of such shares. No payment shall be required from the Holder in connection with
any delivery to the Holder of shares hereunder, except that Holder agrees to pay
whatever income withholding tax the Corporation is obligated to collect as a
part of the delivery of the shares.

          4.   In the event the Holder is no longer a Director of the
Corporation by reason of death or disability, and if there then remain any
undelivered shares subject to restrictions hereunder, then such restrictions
shall be deemed to have lapsed and the certificates for the remaining shares
shall forthwith be delivered to such Holder (or his beneficiary, estate or
heirs).

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          5.   Subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 above, if the Holder
ceases to be a Director of the Corporation for any reason during the Restriction
Period, then the Holder shall cease to be entitled to delivery of any of the
shares covered by this Agreement which have not theretofore been delivered by
the Corporation pursuant to paragraph 3 above, and all rights of the Holder in
and to such undelivered shares shall be forfeited. Holder is contemporaneously
executing the attached Powers of Attorney To Transfer Stock to effectuate the
forfeiture provisions contained in this Paragraph 5. Notwithstanding the
forfeiture provided herein, the Board may, within 120 days after such
termination of directorship, in its sole discretion, determine whether such
former Holder shall receive all or any part of the undelivered shares granted
pursuant to this Restricted Stock Award Agreement and whether to impose any
conditions in connection therewith.

          6.   The granting of this Restricted Stock Award shall not in any way
prohibit or restrict the right of the Board or the Corporation's shareholders to
terminate the Holder's directorship at any time, for any reason. The Holder
shall have no right to any prorated portion of the shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable to the Holder on the anniversary hereof next following a
termination of directorship (whether voluntary or involuntary) in respect of a
partial year of service.

          7.   While shares of Common Stock are held in custody for the Holder
pursuant to this Agreement, they may not be sold, transferred, pledged,
exchanged, hypothecated or disposed of by the Holder and shall not be subject to
execution, attachment or similar process.

          8.   This Agreement and each and every obligation of the Corporation
hereunder are subject to the requirement that if at any time the Corporation
shall determine, upon advice of counsel, that the listing, registration or
qualification of the shares covered hereby upon any securities exchange or under
any state or Federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental
regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of or in connection
with the granting hereof or the delivery of shares hereunder, then the delivery
of shares hereunder to the Holder may be postponed until such listing,
registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or
obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board.

          9.   In addition to amounts in respect of taxes which the Corporation
shall be required by law to deduct or withhold from any dividend payments on the
shares covered hereby, the Corporation may defer making any delivery of shares
under this Agreement until completion of arrangements satisfactory to the
Corporation for the payment of any other applicable taxes, whether through share
withholding provided for by the Plan or otherwise.

          10.  Holder may elect, by written notice to the Corporation, to pay
through withholding by the Corporation all or a portion of the estimated
federal, state, local and other taxes arising from the vesting or distribution
of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Restricted Stock Award (a) by having
the Corporation withhold shares of Common Stock or (b) by delivering
previously-owned shares, in each case being such number of shares of Common
Stock as shall have a fair market value equal to the amount of taxes to be
withheld, rounded up to the nearest whole share.

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          11.  In the event of a "change in control", as that term is defined in
the Plan, then the Holder shall have all the rights specified in Paragraph 10(B)
of the Plan.

          12.  Defined words used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning
as set forth in the definitions section or elsewhere in the Plan, the terms and
conditions of which shall constitute an integral part hereof.

          13.  Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted
to give the other shall be in writing and may be delivered personally or by
mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation at its
principal office and to the Holder at his address as shown on the Corporation's
payroll records, or to such other address as the Holder by notice to the
Corporation may designate in writing from time to time.

                                           MIDAS, INC.

                                           By:
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                                              Chief Financial Officer

ACCEPTED:

Holder:

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ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL                                       Date

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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER STOCK

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, I, ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL, hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint the Secretary of Midas, Inc. (the "Corporation") to be my
attorney-in-fact to transfer to MIDAS, INC. 5,000 shares of the Common Stock of
the Corporation granted to me as Restricted Stock, standing in my name on the
books of the Corporation, and represented by Certificate No. M0302 (the
"Restricted Shares") with full power of substitution in the premises;

          PROVIDED HOWEVER, that exercise of this Power of Attorney shall be
expressly conditioned upon a forfeiture of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the
Restricted Stock Award dated November 11, 2002. On the day the Restricted Shares
are no longer restricted, this Power of Attorney shall be null and void and the
original shall be delivered to me together with the Certificate to which it
refers.

Dated: ___________, 200__.

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                                           ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL
In the presence of:

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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER STOCK

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, I, ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL, hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint the Secretary of Midas, Inc. (the "Corporation") to be my
attorney-in-fact to transfer to MIDAS, INC. 5,000 shares of the Common Stock of
the Corporation granted to me as Restricted Stock, standing in my name on the
books of the Corporation, and represented by Certificate No. M0303 (the
"Restricted Shares") with full power of substitution in the premises;

          PROVIDED HOWEVER, that exercise of this Power of Attorney shall be
expressly conditioned upon a forfeiture of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the
Restricted Stock Award dated November 11, 2002. On the day the Restricted Shares
are no longer restricted, this Power of Attorney shall be null and void and the
original shall be delivered to me together with the Certificate to which it
refers.

Dated: ___________, 200__.

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                                           ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL
In the presence of:

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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER STOCK

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, I, ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL, hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint the Secretary of Midas, Inc. (the "Corporation") to be my
attorney-in-fact to transfer to MIDAS, INC. 5,000 shares of the Common Stock of
the Corporation granted to me as Restricted Stock, standing in my name on the
books of the Corporation, and represented by Certificate No. M0304 (the
"Restricted Shares") with full power of substitution in the premises;

          PROVIDED HOWEVER, that exercise of this Power of Attorney shall be
expressly conditioned upon a forfeiture of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the
Restricted Stock Award dated November 11, 2002. On the day the Restricted Shares
are no longer restricted, this Power of Attorney shall be null and void and the
original shall be delivered to me together with the Certificate to which it
refers.

Dated: ___________, 200__.

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                                           ROBERT R. SCHOEBERL
In the presence of:

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