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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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6.5 million times face value... that would be a nice pay day  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hmm, I don't dream about this coin. Guess I'm not a collector.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Guess I'm not a collector.  Sure, and you do not know anything as well!  |
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Wow,what a way to start my day with eye candy for the coin collector.Thanks for posting. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
Well, at least romance is alive and well.  You think he or she will actually sell it or just elope ?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOW! That's nice, I've never actually seen one for sale. Why is there only 3 known? Did they use the die for only 3 strikes?
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Valued Member
United States
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For whatever reason, I haven't developed an interest in errors. I was the same way with stamp collecting. If the stamp was deliberately made a certain way by the postal service (changes in perf, watermark, paper, shade, etc) I collected the stamp. If it had die flaws creating unintentional changes such as major or minor errors or minor varieties in how the design was printed(known as "fly speck" collecting), I ignored it. So for coins, I love design changes (as seen in several Indian cents such as the 1865, 1873, and 1886, Washington proof reverse dies, ect), but not "errors." Go figure. Edited by shermae
05/18/2014 11:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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Lovely DDO, but I'd rather fancy a couple of 1909-S VDBs in MS. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's listed in the wrong category. C'mon.....
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Valued Member
United States
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Wouldn't mind having it in my collection
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Valued Member
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I'm with you Matte! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Why is there only 3 known? Did they use the die for only 3 strikes? There are only 3 in MS-62, there are more of them around but it is a very rare coin. Apparently they discovered the DDO at the mint very early in the production run and managed to condemn and destroy most of them before they ever go out. Add to that the misfortune that someone decided to make counterfeit 1969 PLAIN DDO cents. The Secret Service confiscated a bunch of the 1969 S DDO cents along with the 69 plain fakes. A few of the 69 S coins were eventually returned but most of them were destroyed by the SS as counterfeits before it was determined that they were actually genuine Mint issues. In all grades there are probably between 20 and 50 known today. And it is probably closer to the low end of that estimate. |
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Hey isn't that priced kinda low? Lol
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