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OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
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...I added this to my Mel Wacks collection last night.


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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is quite the coin Bob....Heck of a stamp...Cheers, RickO

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice photo !
    Do you think you'll get any of yours graded?

    I think I'd like to. Right now I have 9 or 10 Camp Davids and the prototype trial strike which I'd really like to get into a holder.

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave said:
    Nice photo !
    Do you think you'll get any of yours graded?

    I think I'd like to. Right now I have 9 or 10 Camp Davids and the prototype trial strike which I'd really like to get into a holder.

    I have a Camp David in with our hosts right now. I'd like to get them all done.

    Cheers

    Bob

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 13, 2020 11:35AM

    @ricko said:
    That is quite the coin Bob....Heck of a stamp...Cheers, RickO

    Thanks, Rick. If you look closely at the 2:00 reverse, you'll see where the planchet has begun to split. It is very rare that you come across one like this that didn't split all the way. That's what attracted me to this one.

    This is how you usually find them...

    Cheers

    Bob

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave

    I know you and I have been collecting these for around ten years. I remember discussing them on the open forum.

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I picked most of mine off eBay for less than $40. Those were the days !

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave said:
    I picked most of mine off eBay for less than $40. Those were the days !

    And how!

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,728 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DNADave said:
    I picked most of mine off eBay for less than $40. Those were the days !

    Knowing how cheap I am I'd be surprised if I paid much more than that myself.

    I think around $40 has been the issue price of the new MW designs that were made over the past several years.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Outhaul....Wow...that is one severe die crack.... :o Cheers, RickO

  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 13, 2020 5:19PM

    @ricko said:
    @Outhaul....Wow...that is one severe die crack.... :o Cheers, RickO

    Actually, Rick, the counterstrike split the planchet. Quite common with the Pope Peso.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks Bob... I should have realized that.... :# Cheers, RickO

  • ria208ria208 Posts: 12 ✭

    Nice C/S Bob.
    These are fun to collect :)
    I'm still looking for the Truman C/S on an Ike Dollar....... it shouldn't be that hard to find, but I've never been in the right place at the right time :(

  • JazzmanJABJazzmanJAB Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭✭

    This is the one I own.

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