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An obvious "booger" (Not Bugger) nose"!!

WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 14, 2021 6:40PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Perfect place for a die break!


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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,795 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep... that's pretty obvious!

    ----- kj
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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good one!

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A booger if ever I saw one.... :D:D Cheers, RickO

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    sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Could be a nose piercing with a little diamond.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
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    USSID17USSID17 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Give it time, it'll be in an NGC booger slab before long.

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    The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 841 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Even coins get allergies. Some tissues will turn that roosie red.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,552 ✭✭✭✭✭

    we got a winner

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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are you sure that is not some biological materiel on the surface of the coin? :)

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    ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 14, 2021 10:24AM

    If enough examples from the die can be found, the OP's coin could well be considered the discovery piece for the "Seasonal Allergies" variety.

    There is an 1872 $10 (I think now in a PCGS PR64CAM holder) that first appeared in Wolfson (?) and later a mid-80's Stacks sale (or two or ?). It had an deep long curlicue obverse field lint mark that reached from almost the nose to almost the stars.
    More than problematic :o
    It became known to frequent auction attendees as the "Elephant Booger" Ten.

    The provenance includes the poorly-curated "I Brake for Train Wrecks" Matte Proof Gold Type Set and the macabre "Property of a Suicidal Gentleman - Part Deux"

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,419 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's the big deal?

    Everyone gets a runny nose sometimes.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    JBKJBK Posts: 14,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would think that if you are going to be on a coin you would do a quick look in the mirror first. :#

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    Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here’s mine

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

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    winestevenwinesteven Posts: 4,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 14, 2021 7:23PM

    Ok, you asked for it: here’s my “booger Bust Quarter”. While you may laugh (it’s ok to hit “lol” below), I bought it as a 64 with a CAC, and I liked this coin so much, I sent it back to PCGS via Reconsideration. Despite the booger, they liked it too, and added on a “+”. Since the whole grade number didn’t change, for just $3 (current pricing is now $5), CAC automatically reapplied the sticker.

    This is the only one of this date graded MS64+ by PCGS (only 8 finer).

    https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/34008385_Medium.jpg

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    1946Hamm1946Hamm Posts: 769 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Closest I have to a booger nose. Well struck and a planchet flaw.

    Have a good day, Gary
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    WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ColonelJessup said:
    If enough examples from the die can be found, the OP's coin could well be considered the discovery piece for the "Seasonal Allergies" variety.

    There is an 1872 $10 (I think now in a PCGS PR64CAM holder) that first appeared in Wolfson (?) and later a mid-80's Stacks sale (or two or ?). It had an deep long curlicue obverse field lint mark that reached from almost the nose to almost the stars.
    More than problematic :o
    It became known to frequent auction attendees as the "Elephant Booger" Ten.

    The provenance includes the poorly-curated "I Brake for Train Wrecks" Matte Proof Gold Type Set and the macabre "Property of a Suicidal Gentleman - Part Deux"

    Thought I recalled seeing that in a couple of auction catalogs.

    TrueView from here:

    https://pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1872-10-dcam/images/98812

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    Steven59Steven59 Posts: 8,304 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Funny place for a die chip. :)

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This one is somewhat similar-1922 VAM-12a, the "mustache" variety. Image courtesy of VAMWorld.

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