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Pillar of the Community
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Those are PL dollars. PL dollars were available from the mint in 1961 in cellophane packaging.
NSF obverse dollars are found only in 1953.
PL dollars are not graded MSanything they have their own nomenclature, PL64 PL65 etc.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
11/02/2014 9:55 pm
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Valued Member
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I concur with everything DBM has mentioned in his post and appreciate the correction. I wanted to help the OP learn how to differentiate NSF from SF but as DBM expressed 1953 is the only date recognized.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1984 Posts |
1961 sets are the first year in the pliofilm and are much lower mintage than later years. I bet you will do a lot better than $25 on ebay. I think you will get $50. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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1961 / 1962 and 1963 PL Sets have the Arrow Head dollar variety. The 1961 Is the rarest.
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Forum Kid
Canada
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i sure don't find many of these sets. they are very hard to find. nice set!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I wouldn't pay anymore than melt value for these sets. There is no shortage of these sets in dealer's inventory and a quick search of ebay yields 8 auctions for 1961 PL sets. Any high quality cameo coins would have been cherry picked YEARS ago and have ended up in ICCS flips. |
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Thanks everyone for the info!
I was asking about the location of the shoulder fold in general and understood you both to be replying in general, rather than suggesting that this feature was important to this type of coin - so many thanks for enlightening me on this subject!
I have 5 sets and 8 individual dollars in cellophane, all of which have been stored away since 1961. I checked them all for the arrow head this morning and unfortunately didn't find any!
GRcoins
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Valued Member
Canada
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how does one identify the ArrowHead variety ?
i can't seem to find out so far.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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A single or double "Arrow Head" is a die clash that are situated
behind the shoulder or neck of the native at the front of the canoe. They appear as 1 or 2 thin diagonal lines.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Has anyone here seen a listing or value applied to an Arrowhead variety from 61,62..or 63? or even in MS and not PL.?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21635 Posts |
There is not too much more value for an arrow head. The book price for all 3 years in MS63 grade is $45.00
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a couple similar sets with the same haze on the coins from the plastic. Has anyone had luck removing that haze with acetone?
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Pillar of the Community
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@tk the haze on some of the coins can SOMETIMES be dealt with in a successful fashion but usually not. I am sure that some of the plastic in certain years had contaminates ( sort of a PVC type of Material). Best to steer clear and pick an attractive set if you can.
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Pillar of the Community
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I picked up a 1966 set from a particular seller on ebay and the coins were just stunning proof coins with perfect cameo finish. He listed a 1965 and a 1967 for very good prices and I grabbed those, but these came in yellowing plastic and the coins have a bit of buildup on them. A little disappointing after the first set. Although the 1967 dime and quarter have some pretty attractive brown toning around the rim, so that's not too bad. |
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