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I was at the local coin shop on Friday. I picked up some hot looking coins for my WWII set...  OH...anyway, a guy came in with a pile of stuff and sold it to the owner. The owner left it on the counter and I was going through it. He had some fun stuff, but nothing I need at the moment. Then at the bottom was this box with 3 SBA sealed in first day of issue envelopes. While I'm not an SBA kinda guy, I have been toying with the idea. I asked him, "what did you pick these up for?" He replied..."$3" I said "I'll give you your $3 back" His response was..."$3, save me from entering them into the system...sold" Can't beat getting things for face value sealed with a box and COA to boot. Dan  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pretty cool! I just finished a slabbed SBA set :) What'd you pick up for your WWII set? I'm working on a slabbed set of wartime composition planchet Jeffersons :) Edited by ElonU
04/03/2016 9:05 pm
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Nothing will ever go wrong to buy mint state first day issues with face.
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Very nice piece of coinage history! Great buy
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ElonU, you asked, you shall receive. 1941 p .50 Raw, blast white I say ms62 1942 S .25 Raw, MS62-4 with some purple toning. 1941 P, D, & S RAW MS64ish, fresh out of a roll, the P has a nice little die crack on the rev. 1942 .5 RAW, I can't believe coins this old look this good. 1941 S .5 RAW, the fields are so clear, I swear it could be a proof, but I doubt it...maybe it is, i'll post it in the grade section shortly. That put a nice dent in the collection, now it's time to put them in the book and start showing it off. But the SBA, fun catch and thats what this hobby s all about. I'm thinking a slabbed SBA set too. |
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Nice SBA pickups Nothing like being at the right place, at the right time. |
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Wow! And they're genuine first day of issue coins, not the 3rd party graded ones that have to be removed from their original government packaging. I'll give you $4 + postage. That's an instant 33% return on investment. :)
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One50, Sounds like you had a nice time at your LCS. Great pickups! I have about 3/4 of my Wartime planchet nickel set completed. I'm doing all the silver alloy only, not any errors, DDOs or any of the non-silver early '42. I am though, getting the Type 1 and 2 proof, as that is a variety I feel belongs in the set.....I may go after the '43/2 and a '44 Henning to round it out a little more. BTW, check out my SBA collection if you get a chance. Maybe you'll be inspired to get the slabs......my pics are crappy and don't do the coins justice though: https://goccf.com/t/257140Edited by ElonU
04/04/2016 1:56 pm
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Very nice! |
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