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Maybe someone needed one more coin to make up the minimum submission limit for the Economy service tier at ANACS. Or, maybe someone is assembling a grading set of Liberty nickels. Of course, many people have a drastically unrealistic opinion on the grade and/or value of their "old coins". Grading services are happy to separate these folks from their money! |
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Unless the owner thought it might have been an 'S' mintage, you are right: it doesn't make sense.
I don't save nickels order than Buffalo's, but if I did I wouldn't pay more than $1 for it. On second thought, even though I buy lots of lower graded coins, this one is even too low for me. The reverse is fair, but the obverse is much too worn for my taste.
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United States
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to be fair the cost for submission is 15 bucks I believe and some people see the date and think "ow I have a 2 billion dollar coin
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United States
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I can't make fun of this because I went one step further. Last year bought two truly ugly common date detail coins from HA.com for $10 for both coins and I think they are worth about a dollar apiece. Here is where it get better, there was a $28 buyers premium and $9 shipping.  |
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Most likely because it meant something to the original submitter. I sent this one in to ANACS so I wouldn't misplace it. It was one of the 2 SLQ's I had as a kid when I first started collecting before I stopped for 20+ years. I know the other one was pre 1925 but lost it in the album as I stared to add new purchases. I remembered this was one of the 2 because of the "circulated cameo" I bought the 1927 in the picture cheap and asked myself the same question at the time but figured it had meant something to someone at sometime so I went for it.  |
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Yeah, that's kinda how I am with my 1983 DDR I found CRHing. I've been meaning to send it off to PCGS, because it completely deserves it IMHO lol. |
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Pillar of the Community
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That 1912 nickel could've once been in the pocket of a Titanic survivor! Some fish story, huh?
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 I agree that it may have been special to the original owner. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Well, we'll never know. But I ask myself the same question every time I see something on E-bay that goes for a bukc or two.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is even more special now. We are all talking about it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Maybe the owner had some freebie attributions from ANACS. I have a couple of them from when ANACS messed up a coin attribution I submitted. That reminds me - I haven't used them so maybe I should send in that 2002 messed up zincoln I got in change today. Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Pillar of the Community
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What if you had a little kid who collected coins and this was his "bestie". You want to make it extra special for him/her so you .....
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Bedrock of the Community
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I too can't figure out why people do that. I've seen so many slabbed coins at coin shows selling for a fraction of what it costs to have it slabbed. In some instances it appears the plastic is worth more than the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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I've sent a couple cheapies in to ANACS so they're slabbed like the rest of the collection.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Posted 06/21/2015 8:36 pm
