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Cracked out a 70 by mistake - OOOPS!!!

VicThrustVicThrust Posts: 322
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Decided to crack out a few reverse proof 69s I thought could do better - so I piled a few next to my vice and cracked away. In all the excitement I accidentally grabbed a 70 and did that one too. The look of dismay on my face must have been priceless. You should have heard my wife. She was merciless and justifiably so. You mess with the bull sometimes you get the horns.

Anyway, sent 4 in for grading including my freshly cracked out 70. Grades came back this week as 2-70s and 2-69s. I am happy now. I would have been happy just to get the one 70 back. I think I'll stay away from my vice for a while. Phew!!!

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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    Glad to hear that things turned out better than before. Maybe you were meant to crack ou the 70image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 30,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I think I'll stay away from my vice for a while. Phew!!! >>



    Good adVICE
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭

    The real question is did the 70 come back a 70?

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  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    VicThrust,

    I hope your wife is not a Nurse. Mildred Ratched anyone? image

    Maybe if you saved that cracked out 70, when the TPGs adopt the 100 scale you might resubmit and get back a PF-100 grade!
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    Buy the coin not the holder image
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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The real question is did the 70 come back a 70? >>



    Yeah, that's a great question.
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭


    << <i>The real question is did the 70 come back a 70? >>


    We'll never know image
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,936 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sure the former 70 came back 70 again, and I'm sure it's better than the other 70.
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  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,023 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>I think I'll stay away from my vice for a while. Phew!!! >>



    Good adVICE >>



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    Just as long as they follow it!

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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    Just makes you wonder if you wouldn't have had 3 70's instead of two doesn't it?image
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    I think it's time for a stronger pair of glasses there Vic


    Did you turn in the old certs, or are you helping to mess up the counts on graded coins!
  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    I always like a story with a happy ending.image
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  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
    Man you know the crackout game has gone too far when people crack 70's looking for an upgrade image
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Vices can be dangerous!!!!!
    And some times very expensive.
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  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    maybe hoping for a 71?
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    I think I'll stay away from my vice for a while. Phew!!! VicThrust

    I don't have any vices. I'm really a good guy.
    I do own several vises though, for use in my machine shop.

    Ray
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You beat me to it Lathmatch... people have vice's and use vise's.... Cheers, RickO
  • RotatedRainbowsRotatedRainbows Posts: 2,085 ✭✭


    << <i>You beat me to it Lathmatch... people have vice's and use vise's.... Cheers, RickO >>



    Sounds like he may have been using some vice's right before he decided to use his vise!!
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,795 ✭✭✭
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    I'm not laughing at ya', now that you have your 70 + 1 back, I'm laughing with ya'.

    Glad everything turned out okay on the grade.

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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm sure the former 70 came back 70 again, and I'm sure it's better than the other 70. >>



    Actually one of the 69s is probably finer than either of the 70s, but the other 69 is really an overgraded 68.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,832 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nobody cracks out by mistake. It is one hundred percent intentional 99 percent of the time. Glad you didn't mishandle it re submitting. You guys must surely consider that when DOING it all over, don't you ?
  • RegistryCoinRegistryCoin Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You should have heard my wife. She was merciless and justifiably so. >>


    Your wife knows way too much about coins. image
  • VicThrustVicThrust Posts: 322
    I felt like such an idiot. The 70 was real solid though. I did keep the tags and will turn them in.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭

    But did the 70 come back a 70 again!!!!!

    Inquiring minds want to know.


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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    Anybody who'll crack out a 70 and resubmit it is my hero!

    Why can't wives ever realize when a husband already feels bad enough. Piling on isn't a penalty in marriage.

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  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭


    << <i>I'm sure the former 70 came back 70 again, and I'm sure it's better than the other 70. >>



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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭
    Not an April Fools Joke?
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  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭
    Vic I'll bet you lost 5years when you noticed it was a 70 and not a 69 you cracked.image
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  • VicThrustVicThrust Posts: 322
    Not an April fools joke. I have the PF70 label to prove it. And I actually lost 6.3 years.

    I was reluctant to post this because it was such a bonehead move.

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭

    Well, since VicThrust seems reluctant to answer our question, I'm guessing the 70 came back a 69.

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  • VicThrustVicThrust Posts: 322
    It did come back a 70 as far as I can tell.
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    I think on average 70s really are nicer than 69s. So I agree with:

    << I'm sure the former 70 came back 70 again, and I'm sure it's better than the other 70. >>

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,936 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually one of the 69s is probably finer than either of the 70s, but the other 69 is really an overgraded 68.

    John - Let's be realistic. I'm sure they're all accurately graded. However, one of the 69's is probably better than the other. Which is interesting, because as a pair, worst first, they would probably make great set-up coins.
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You beat me to it Lathmatch... people have vice's and use vise's.... >>



    Your write accept win a vice is better then a vise.

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    syndrome intact
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It did come back a 70 as far as I can tell. >>


    There's a joke here, but I'm not saying it. image

    Thanks VicThrust for coming back to me.

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