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I was at the bank and asked for halves and teller just had $20 but said she had $200 in dollar rolls. My enthusiasm for searching dollars dropped greatly when the Presidential dollars came out, because I was getting mostly those and very few Sacagawea or SBA dollars- which have the best chance for finding NIFC or proofs or the tough Wide Rim SBA variety. Frankly, I never had much enthusiasm for SBA dollars and I just spend them when I get them. Anyhow, since I have been very behind on the Presidential dollars, I said sure give me the dollars and I didn't expect much. 6 of the rolls, however were BU SBA dollars and among these were not 1, not 2 but a total of 9 BU Wide Rim 1979 P varieties! What an incredible score! Several of these are easily MS65 level, maybe better.     My first Wide Rim 79P variety in 5 years and I get 9 in one lot! I now love SBA dollars! |
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Nice score!
I'm looking to upgrade my wide rim. If you'd be willing to part with one - let me know.
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In completed ebay transactions it's all over the place. Some $4-5 coins not selling (possibly due to blurry pictures?) but an MS67 NGC went for $450. Most of the AU and better are going for $10-20 range. There were only 30 completed listings in the search I did (1979 P + Susan + Dollar + Wide rim), but may be others with slightly different search terms (eg, some use Near date instead of Wide Rim, but I think Wide rim is better way to describe it). Of the 30 in my search 19 sold & 11 did not sell. http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.ht...sct=&guest=1Edited by mycrob
03/08/2011 2:45 pm
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I have recommended looking out for full talons before. They don't get the recognition of full bell lines or full bands, but if they ever do.....
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Congrat's on the wide rimmers and thanks for the info.
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I checked and 5 of my 79P wide rims are full talons, 2 are very close and 2 not so close.
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So only the wide rims from 79 might have full talons? or all years?
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some use Near date instead of Wide Rim, but I think Wide rim is better way to describe it I think Near date is the better way because the distance from the date to the rim has nothing to do with the width of the rim. I have seen "wide rim" variety coins with narrow rims and far date coins with wide rims. The reason is because of the centering of the obv die. But the distance from the date to the rim defines the variety. |
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I just purchased an old collection which included about 100 Susan B's. Out of that batch I found 3 wide rim / close dates. I used both terms in my ebay auction just to cover all bases. The one I sold was AU but it had a few hard hits. It only went for $6 bucks with free shipping. The other 2 are BU and beautiful. One has a good deal of die polish marks on it as well. I didn't realize they had that much potential value. I may have to send them in for grading. Edited by Cash Money
03/23/2011 3:59 pm
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Going back to the link provided in an earlier post regarding 'full talons' - if you are very detail oriented you will notice that the design is different between the first three images and the last two images. The crater is completely different between the two groups. I don't know SBA dollars, but I make a living at studying details. It's my educated guess that the first three images are of 1979-1981 coins, and the last two images are of 1999 coins. Therein lies a problem. The comparison between different coins for the same details needs to use coins that actually HAVE the same details. It is entirely possible that NONE of the early coins (with the softer crater details) have a chance of exhibiting full, complete details as the last two images depict. I am not trying to discredit someone else's study, but if I were to discuss step details on memorial cents and show a 1960 cent as a strong example and a 1983 as a weak example it would prove nothing...all of the 1960 cents generally have sharp steps and all of the 1983 cents have very soft step details (or none at all). |
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Posted 03/08/2011 2:24 pm
