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So I went digging through a foreign bin at my LCS today, dumped out the coins on the mat and saw the chain side sitting right on top of the coins. I knew exactly what it was before I even picked it up. My blood pressure went through the roof! Ever since I started collecting coins, this and the chain cent have been my holy grails of classic US coins. The dealer and I made a deal, I put the coin on layaway due to my having lack of cash since I was not planning on finding a Fugio today, and the coin will be mine very very soon, in my collection.   Thought I'd share this too, I kept digging and came across this. I brought this home with me today.   |
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That is an awesome find!  I'm curious though, if it was in the "foreign" bin then they must not have known what they had.  It shouldn't be in a bin at all. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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It was an unsorted bin. They had bought the lot of coins as foreign not knowing that and a few other American coins were in it. It would've eventually been discovered, but I found it first so I got first dibs on the purchase.
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Makes sense. Double It's funny. While in the process of continually learning, I only found out about the Fugio cents while conducting my 500th-post contest and doing some research about my middle name. Also, I've only been here about 4 1/2 months but, I haven't seen one posted (not being everywhere, of course). Very cool and I'm glad you snagged it! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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That's mine, I must have left it there...
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Fantastic grab. Congratulations.
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Nice bin box find , Keep searching .  |
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Thanks everyone for the comments!
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I also think those are really good finds.. Those days when you find good coins ... are very good days. |
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Never seen a " real" one before, glad you can have it in your possession soon! I'd even mortgage a grandkid or two for that! (no, but sometimes want to put them on layaway!)  Edited by Crazyb0
03/11/2017 8:00 pm
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