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Saw this...  It made me wonder, how long did this get circulated before it was found. Every now and again I still find 1968 and 1969 dimes in my change and they rarely look as beat up as this. I wonder if this is a recent circ find. |
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I'm still looking to find one.At least the reverse on that one isn't scarred up.
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I assume it is in an ICCS holder? What did they grade it as?
"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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Looks like someone drew a pizza on the back...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Boy is that a terrible example of this variety, maybe 10,000.00 coin
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Back on the article.... I am not sure if Peter Degraaf is still active in the Coin World or not. Peter was very active in Ottawa when I was younger. He traded quite a lot of coins with my aunt and was also around when my grandfather was active in the Coin World. I last heard from him around 10 years ago when I sold him a bulk lot of bullion coins. Based on my somehwat limited knowledge, I doubt that Peter was sitting on a hoard of 69 large dates and was trying to manage the price up. I suspect he just wanted one. |
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That was a great read!
So the one up for sale at torex, is that one of the 3 known? Or is it maybe a 4th that somehow managed to elude every dealer/collector out there.
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There are many more than 3 or 4 but not 100s, it's another one of those errors that at the price they do sell lacks eye appeal and the wow factor
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05/30/2016 09:27 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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just like there should be more than 3 or 4 of the 36 dot cents....
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Pillar of the Community
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A few old timers truly believe due to who owned at one time all the 36 dots and the friendship with the mint master that they were a custom created. The large date 69 dime only one ms rest are really circulated tends to believe maybe a trial die and a few strikes that joined into regular circulation, maybe a honest mistake.
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Bedrock of the Community
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looks to have been circulated, the 'scratch' on the obverse I believe comes from a parking meter.
I'll bet there still are a few in circulation yet.
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I'll bet there still are a few in circulation yet. It's everybody's dream to buy a coffee at Tim's and receive a 69 LD in their change. |
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There is little chance with the RCM ARP, and just the fact this variety is so hard to notice. The average person has never heard of a 69 large date |
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Someone posted on the forum that he was given one as a child, and decided that a candy bar was more important at the time.
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Posted 05/29/2016 11:06 am
