There I was...
Pghpete
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How about a thread describing "near misses". You know you find a coin that immediately makes your heart skip a beat at first glance. Then, after further review... I'll start. I was hunting a demo over the weekend. The house was build in 1895. The town's Chamber of Commerce had the house moved so a new development could go in. I spent about 3 hours there (in the Phoenix, AZ heat) on Saturday. After finding several clad, one wheat penny, and a couple of Hot Wheel cars for my efforts, I finally got a dime signal at 5". I carefully dug it up and immediately saw the faint image of the fasces on the reverse. I flipped the coin over and was able to read 1916! Could it be? Could I have uneartherd the rarest Merc ever minted? Could one of the rarest coins out there be rescued from it's earthly resting place where it's been sitting for an untold number of years? Nope, sorry, it didn't turn out that way. The Merc was a 1916P in VGish condition. No need for pictures we know what those look like. Just you wait, one of these days.............
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and what do you think was on the back????
That's right the "S" mintmark
You would figure at least out of 4 I would get 1 "d",but noooooooooooooo!!!I found 3 last year and one the year before that.HH,Tom
Jerry
<< <i>I want a picture!!! >>
Yessir! A picture is worth a thousand words. Doesn't matter how ugly a coin might be, seeing the picture of the digs makes my day.