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Mines a 1950 proof Jefferson nickel pulled from circulation while coin role hunting, 51,386 minted   |
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Mintage of just 1000, I have it in the three coin set with the 1 oz and 1/2 oz.  |
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1942 Mercpenny!   |
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Hemisboats posted: Quote:
1942 Mercpenny!  |
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Valued Member
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Moe145 have you ever seen anything like this? It is about the same thickness and diameter as the regular Mercury dime! I gotta believe that maybe they got bonded together somehow during the switchover to steal penny because just to look at the blank they may have confused the steel versus Silver appearance and made one side copper I don't know? If anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear them! |
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hemisboats, if that is authentic, its got to be worth a fortune!
btw, does your name denote you as a mopar man or is it just a coincidence?
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Coins where sliced and bonded the Cent was shaved to the correct diameter. A Magicians coin. Just my 2 Cents worth. |
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Here's mine....1983 Proof Mexican Silver Libertad with doubled die obverse....mintage unknown, but the mintage for all types total is 998.  |
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Rest in Peace
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hemisboat. I would be shocked if that was a real error. It looks like a Magicians coin. Odds are that a merc dime and Wheat cent have been sliced in two and fused together somehow. If not, it would have to be based off of some kind of dual layer planchet, and I don't really understand how that would happen accidentally. Anyways, it is a very cool conversational piece!  Here is my lowest mintage US coin 1882 proof dime mintage: 1,100.   I'm not sure how many are surviving, but probably most of them. |
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I know it's unusual! That's why I posted it. I don't have coin in hand yet and I'm sure it is a magician's trick but I thought since the category was your rarest coin (  ) I thought I'd post it to brighten the mood given a JohnS conversation. Yes my name is derived from the 356 Chrysler hemi. My father owns a 157 42 foot Matthews cruising boat powered with two of them. The boat is 13 tons and when he pushes the throttles forward those bad boys  will put you back in your seat! Back to my coin I paid nothing for it as the person I dealt with through it in to get me to take the deal.I received that coin, another funky Mercury, a 1889the nickel, and the 1856 seated liberty (pretty worn probably rate a G.) and a civil war token, and a 1944 United States Twenty Centavos Coin all for $44. So for fun we took the deal. We meaning my wife and I as we are partners and everything! |
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Here's my 1864 proof large motto two center. Mintage 100, about 20 or so are known to be small mottos. Note the improperly mixed bronze alloy.  |
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i cant post a picture but its a 1933 double eagle some of you may be familiar with it it had a pretty high mintage compared to most of yours but I have the only personal one:)
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I am completely soaked in drool. All of the coins mentioned in this thread are absolutely things to die for.  If this were a contest however, I doubt that anyone would argue the point that unnkown95 would win hands down. Undeniably the most valuable coin in the world, with two specimens now in the keeping of the United States National Numismatic Collection, and a mere ten more secured by the United States Government in Fort Knox, only this lone coin exists to pass hands eventually. I rather doubt that the price of gold (per troy ounce) will ever escalate to the threshold required to offset the monetary numismatic value of this coin, but if the government should liquidate the other ten at auction, this act could dramatically depreciate it's current value of $7.6 million, so planning of a possible preemptive sale may be something to consider. |
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