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Another nice pickup.🙂

back from grading with a few others

Original Mint set Franklin.

@jmlanzaf said:
I scrap generic proofs for melt. There's no premium that's easy to harvest.

This numismatically saddens me.

@skier07 said:
Why would the owner of this coin sell it at a small local show? If the owner inherited it he should have known it was a rare and valuable coin. With the internet and a little elbow grease he should have been able to find out he had a coin which may be worth up to six figures if not more.

Neither the owner (nor we) knew or understood what it was until a lot of research went into it -- the coin didn't show up in any google searches (and it's not even particularly easy to figure out what to google until you understand what you're looking at), and it took us months of research (and lots of evidence provided to PCGS) for it even to be certified as authentic.

So it's easy now to say "should have been able to find out" but in reality, it was not easy, and the owner just wanted to sell a few items from an old collection he inherited (the rest of which was not particularly valuable).

The cent

The seated coin was purchased raw at a Baltimore show many years ago.

The Barber originally Resided in an ICG holder.

MS64. Mintage 24,000.