Back in the day....

Back in the day where a roll of mint bag searcher could score big time, before the mint started to use better technologies for quality control.
I loved searching...and it paid off ...here are just 2 I have left out of a mess of Jefferson errors. Well I do have a date set raw of off centers from 5% to about 75% off center. I have a 99 D that 96% off with only 95 D and FS seen. Ill need to image that one to post.
In those days it was great fun cherrypicking errors. I had off centers, brockace, double strikes triple strikes, clips chips....all found in rolls and mint bage. Heres two that NGC graded .
I sent them like 50 specimens and some with full steps.
They liked my high grade Jeffs so much they even called me asking what else I had that needed to be graded.
Check out the 83 p partial collar / with obv. Brockage....can you read whats in the brockage? United from the reverse.
"That's why I wander and follow La Vie Dansante"
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Really cool! Were these from bags at the time?
Yes
"That's why I wander and follow La Vie Dansante"
"That's why I wander and follow La Vie Dansante"
I always wanted to find cool stuff like that. I was too young and too poor to get bags (or even know bags were available).
If I wanted to find anything like that now, it'll have to fit into a roll!
Really neat errors. Great finds.
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I never had a problem ordering bags,or rolls....or searching them....however returning them well...thats another story. As when I got married my folks came to me and the new wife about all the bags squirreled away in my old bed room,and the basement.
I was told to get them out now! Well I did and actually paid the note off on my new car...that made the new wife very happy!
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That's some very nice stuff, Patrick!
Thanks Ron I appreciate your comp.
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I recall when I found the 99 D and discovered that the 99 D and FS were readable I was like doing the happy dance...as ive have found some sweet errors but this one really got me excited as it was to cool to be true.
"That's why I wander and follow La Vie Dansante"
Those are great error finds. As I have said before on the forum, the only real error I have found in change is a blank cent planchet. Roll searching for me was half dollars... and nothing of note there except for a couple of WLH's. Cheers, RickO
Back in the day you could also buy common date Saints for $40.
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