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Thank you. I really like them. 
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Quote: With the purchase of this latest PCGS-graded '76 T1, I now have 15 total, not including the MS65 in my registry set. I'm gonna push onward to 20 and fill a blue box. Well done. 
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Nice toning on those Darth 
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The latest upgrade to the registry - 1976-D T1 MS66  
Edited by Darth Morgan 07/08/2017 11:52 am
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Very nice upgrade! 
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Quote: Silver Ikes for 32 coin set. Bicentennial Silver Mint and Proof Ikes. Excellent!  I assume you got those from the three coin sets your posted in the other thread. Well done. 
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Quote:I assume you got those from the three coin sets your posted in the other thread. Well done.  That's correct jbuck! I must have looked at about 100 sets before getting these sets. 
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You did good. 
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Hmmmm. I doesn't look like a proof to me. I assumed it was a business, but the strike quality gives it away. I guess it's just the lighting. I have yet to see a proof Ike with die polish lines like that. Typically, I see this on Denver issues from '71 and '72. I'm not good at distinguishing between hair lines and die polish lines. If I had seen it I would have assumed "impaired proof," but for $1 who cares, right? Hehe. How the heck did you score it at face?
Edited by Darth Morgan 07/13/2017 10:09 am
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 I think this the a blue Ike, too, but I would not complain for face value.  I might have given five for it. 
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Yes. My bad. It's a 40% BU not proof. Darth, I'm an expert on polished dies and I have to say that even I had to closely examine this one but it is indeed die file lines. Crazy sporadic ones! They almost make no sense unless it was an apprentice or the guy was just bored. If it was to remove clashing around the earth and around the bust they then went overboard for some reason. I'm thinking it was in the junk pile due to the shop not knowing it was silver and thinking it was a damaged coin.
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I have to say, knowing that it's a Blue Ike, that is one heck of a strike, especially the reverse. The eagle appears very well-defined (head and feathers). Most of the ones in my sets are just awful with mushy, dull details. Who knows? Maybe this was the very first coin struck post-mega die polishing? Hehe.
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