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Here's one I found. It has the flared G in the initials. Is it legit? Thanks!   Edited by brefos77
01/15/2008 12:29 pm
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Bre, I am not familiar enough with this coin to have an opinion. I am watching, though, a
as I am interested in what others have to say.
Jim
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Brefos77, Hi this is Patrick and let me say this to you...CONGRADULATIONS!!....You have a RDV-006 but I am not sure what die it is. If you go to https://www.varietyvista.com and you will see my coin there that I sent into James Wiles and he confirmed it mine as DIE 2, you wouls have to send it into him and he would be able to tell you what die it is....Also could you please let us know what state you live in, because I am in Pennsylvania, this way we will all know where these are being found. If you do send it to James Wiles send $5.00 to him that is for the postage ok. Great find and happy hunting. Patrick |
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Hey Patrick. I live in North Carolina, and got it from a roll from my bank. I'd like to thank you for making us aware of this variety, because I had no idea it even existed until you posted it. Is there an estimated value yet and did you get yours slabbed yet?
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Brefos77, I did not send it out to get slabbed yet, and as for value I gave James Wiles my opion of what the value of this variety should be worth. I told him that for how rare this variety is that it should be compared to the 1992-P Close AM variety and I seen these sell for $2,000.00, and he told me that it would be a good coin to compare price to due to the fact how RARE this variety is. Now since you found yours that would be the 3rd one of the P mint and 1 for the D mint. So I hope this helps you on this variety. Patrick |
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Brefos77
Looks like that RIBBON had to get there from something on the die, it could have been a foreign piece on the die. That is what I think it is, it is really cool though and really adds to it. I am very glad you found one like I said they are very RARE.
Patrick
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Do you think that it could be a new die variety because of the little east-west notch under the top of the curve?
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brefos77
I do not know if it would be a new die are not...you would have to have james wiles look at it to let you know that.
Patrick
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I got an email from Dr. Wiles today. Here's an excerpt: "Your coin is indeed RDV-006. It is now listed as die 4, stage A, EDS. I will get it up on https://www.varietyvista.com shortly." |
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Not to be a wet blanket...but there is no way to set a price on this and there is no way to guess how rare it will be. A bag of them can show up tomorrow. How many have been found up until now is not an indication of rarity. How rare or common a coin is can only be determined by how many show up after a few years of the time that something new is discovered. Could be rare or there could be a million of them. Time will tell. Until then, it's anybody's guess. Also, Rare doesn't mean high dollars. I have a coin here that is a nice doubled die on a 1972 S cent , business strike. I have the first one found and in ten years , only one other has been uncovered. It is therefore more rare than the 1969 S Doubled Die Lincoln Cent. In fact, since the overall mintage of the 1972 S cent is less than the overall mintage for the 1969 S cent, my coin should remain more rare. It is more rare than the 1913 Liberty nickel. This coin is more rare than many coins that sell for $50,000.00 or more. That does not mean that my coin would ever be worth that much. So, you can't tell what's rare until some reasonable time elapses after a discovery and rarity is not a good indicator of value, especially in the world of Die Varieties. Edited by foundinrolls
01/13/2008 9:53 pm
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If more people started looking, then more would be found. I'm sure when the '92 wide-am was discovered for the first time, it was uncertain how valuable and rare it would be too. All I know is that only 6 have been found so far, and I'm glad to have found one. But I do understand what you are saying, and I respect your very professional opinion, so I'm not getting my hopes up or anything on this unproven coin. But I can hope....
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The "ribbon thing" on the bottom of the building is a fiber and its shadow is cast on the coin. Try looking a little closer at the images.
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You're right Chuck. Before I mailed it off, I wiped it off with a dry towel and it came off.
Wow, I said "off" 3 times in one sentence!
Is this variety worth putting on coppercoins.com?
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01/13/2008 10:07 pm
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Pardon me, but what am I looking for here? :D
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On the initials "FG". Look at the G on the pic above and look at one from your pocket. On a regular one, the bottom right hand corner will not have the "tail" going down. That should have started in 1989. If you have one, then congrats, but if you don't then your G kinda looks like a C.
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