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Rest in Peace
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This looks like a once in a lifetime find. If it were mine, I'd get it slabbed for my heirs (that is whoever gets stuck cleaning out my house when I'm gone) just so they are aware that it isn't a beat-up coin. I doubt I'd ever sell it.
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I am thinking that the value of slabbing is more in getting the coin and the documentation of what the errors are in one certified place. Not so much about the value at all, which is a big "who knows" anyway since this thing is not exactly eye candy. I agree completely! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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Well I am going to send it in, probably next week, and certainly will report back on what comes of it and how it gets labeled. I don't play much with slabbed coins so no clue how long it will take but plan on using PCGS.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Tropicalbats, I believe you and I agree that it is a real U.S. Mint error as Mike Diamond described it. I will be excited to see the news about this coin getting slabbed by PCGS! I'll be here once the slab comes back.  Errers and Varietys.
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Got the coin back today. I'd say it scored quite well, being listed as MS-64 Struck in Copper Piece Double Struck 2nd Strike Broadstruck. Pretty nice to get it back just before Christmas! And the 50% off-center Kennedy I sent in with it scored MS-65, so double the fun.   |
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Awesome! I knew it was a real error! Great news! Congratulations on getting it back certified and it is an once in a lifetime find as well! Props to you tropicalbats.   Errers and Varietys.
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12/18/2017 2:32 pm
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Got the coin back today. I'd say it scored quite well, being listed as MS-64 Struck in Copper Piece Double Struck 2nd Strike Broadstruck.
Pretty nice to get it back just before Christmas! And the 50% off-center Kennedy I sent in with it scored MS-65, so double the fun.
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Rest in Peace
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Condition matters on error coins and you got a decent grade. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Great coin tropical and congrats on the grade! Both of them! Quite the error and quite the find!  Edited by Slamnbass
12/18/2017 9:15 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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awesome, Congrats.  |
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I'm not sure why anybody would knock this one down. It's an obvious error.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not sure why anybody would knock this one down. I agree with you Ken, but I could see the doubtfulness arising from the uniqueness of this error specimen and simply because it is hard to imagine that it could happen but, it did! |
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Pillar of the Community
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As for value I eventually did sell this one for $500 to a guy who I am quite sure was hoping to sell it for more and not just to keep it.
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Dang TB I was about to message you about this too when I saw the thread.
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Yeah, this one was outside my primary collecting interests so turned it over to invest in things closer to my needs. I kept the MS-65 50% off center Kennedy that I found in the same batch as this one as it fit my collection better.
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