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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ha, dateless sparkle penny. Now that I know what it is I can slap it on ebay.  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Woooo! Sparkles!
And one bid.... Egads....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
721 Posts |
3 minutes left and still only one bid. What a steal!
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Pillar of the Community
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592 Posts |
And sold. I just really hope the buyer likes the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This rarity came from the famous glitter fight and at the mint in 93 after everyone got a little tipsy on the floor from an employees birthday celebration... it took a few days to get all the glitter out of the coining presses and some them got mixed with the rest and out into circulation.
There are several color varieties - blue, pink, yellow, mix/rainbow, etc... Watch for fakes as there are some very good chines versions. They have slightly more rectangular pieces of glitter with glitter that doesn't exactly match the color markers from known originals. Cheap fakes usually have circular or star shaped glitter and are easy to spot a mile away. If you plan on sending it in go with PCGS, they have verified the most known examples and the holder will have the "Sparkle" notation added next to the date...
Oh man, I have to much time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 That was great, rking. |
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United States
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Good to know that my hoard of unique, sparkly pennies are worth at least a buck a pop
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It does my heart good to to read a topic like this.
Coin people without a sense of humor are DULL.
Coin people WITH a sense of humor are a TREASURE!
"This rarity came from the famous glitter fight and at the mint in 93 ..."
About that, well see, Maude and her gang slipped a bottle passed the guard and spiked the punch.
Joe, a recovering alcoholic, was caught off guard.
He turned his gaze away from the coin hopper and Mandy
threw a bottle of glitter into the bin.
When Joe looked back he flew into a rage and blood was soon shed.
The guards soon broke up the fight and most, but not all of the affected coins were destroyed. That such a rare example survived is most unusual.
A VERY lucky purchase!
Edited by matthewvincent
05/23/2013 03:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Actually 52Raymo, based on rking007's research, we now know that your coin is most likely a 1993... Your ebay listing should probably read something like: Unique, Extremely Rare, Glitter Error LMC, GEO-001 Undated (The most desirable 1993?)  Edited by Sudz
05/23/2013 11:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm interested to hear what Mike Diamond has to say on this variety?
How long do you think it will take the TPGs to add them into their population reports or for CopperCoins to put up their research and page for it...
How long before Dansco adds it into the 7100 album?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Maybe these guys would slab them LOL  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow I would love to get mine slabbed ! Should make RNS SF65 SF = sparkle factor Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
Edited by 52Raymo
05/23/2013 12:16 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Did you notice the dates on the coins?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
784 Posts |
Haha that's really good Coop!
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