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Just for a chuckle--I spotted this on ebay and it has me slightly amazed and honestly baffled...that someone would catalog IHCs like this. I'm pretty sure those die annotations are outright inventions--as nobody has cataloged each of the 180+ 1888 dies   And no, the busts were not re-cut to accommodate the date--the date was punched after the hubbing. So yes, it's quite possible to stare too hard at your coins. Step back, get out and see the world.  Detailed pictures would probably reveal these are just low-grade IHCs. 252807027999 Edited by Thulium
03/13/2017 5:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I also like the description for his sold OPA tokens:
You are bidding on a lot of 28 WW II OPA tokens found in an estate. Each token is individually packaged and labeled as found. Red tokens include: MM (semi-key), MM (slightly off center), 2- VT (numeral 1 doubled both sides), VT (numeral 1 doubled one side and tripled the other), VT (slightly off center), XU (off center), YV (slightly off center), 2 - YV (light strike), 6 - YX (numeral 1 doubled one side), and YX (slightly off center). Blue tokens include: a blank blue, 2 - CT, CX, HV (struck off center with clip), TT, TU, VV (slightly off center), WT, YY, and YY (slightly off center). Sold as is
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Somehow he's got a 100% positive rating...Must screen people before selling to them to make sure they'll never catch on...
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Rest in Peace
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If you collect OPA tokens his descriptions are actually helpful. Although the only red OPA worth anything is the MV.
As to his "micro varieties", there are those who can describe each grain in a field of wheat as slightly different. That is what they enjoy.
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there are those who can describe each grain in a field of wheat as slightly different. That is what they enjoy. I get that, but in the case of his IHC attributions in the photo above, he's simply incorrect. I can't speak for that 1/1--because his photos don't allow your own attribution. There are really no IHC "micro-varieties"--the 19th C. die-making processes weren't that precise. And that's what makes finding IHC varieties fun to spot--you don't need a microsope. Check out the posts I've made on IHC MPDs--even those are dramatic.  Edited by Thulium
03/13/2017 9:20 pm
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Well, that is what happens when you use 350x magnification. |
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This looks like items that came from an ongoing online auction from Iowa ..have bought a few items myself but cringed at the buyer fees. McKee was name of seller of the estate. Don't know if same, but old estate had all kinds of weird personal cataloguing that made no sense, If this IS same stuff, no wonder this seller's trying to make a buck! All that stuff was going for high $, why I got...some...
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I've seen these coins during my daily searches, pretty amusing.
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