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Look at the coins - not the book... the double dollar, and double cent sets, are specimen strikes... What the book does not say, is that some of the double dollar sets contained mint-lacquered coins...
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks SPP, and you are correct Chequer.
So Quatchi, the answer to your question.
Yes.
All that stuff I wrote above - as Miss Emily Litella would say -
nevermind.
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For some reason, none of the 1973 Double Dollar sets contained lacquered coins, so it is almost darned near impossible, to find a 100% red specimen cent dated 1973. I managed to find two not long ago, the original owner liked his coin sets in capital holders, so he cracked out the specimen sets and they were preserved when I bought them. One is in my collection, the other one I sold to a friend... Most 1973 specimen cents in collections, often come from the double penny sets, because the red fluff in the prestige sets has ruined many coins. You often will find them red on one side, toned in a variety of colours, on the other... this is a pair or cents from a specimen double cent set:  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Thanks everyone for the research and effort put in to answer this question for me!  I'm definitely going to replace my Specimen coins that came from the 71-73 Prestige sets with Specimen coins from the Custom "double penny" sets. |
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Be sure to closely examine the coins... the double penny sets were sold cheap for a reason, they were just 'placed' in the red and maroon boxes... if the box was dropped, the coins would jar loose and scratch each other in the case.
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Thanks for the heads up SPP-Ottawa, I'll be on the look for fingerprints too while I'm at it considering that they're easily touchable in those boxes.
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