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1972 ANA Certificate
Windycity
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I mentioned this in an earlier post today. These are images of a very early ANA authentication of a 1942/1 dime. The coin was submitted in 1972 and on 11/14/1972, ANA returned the coin with the first certificate registering the coin as #1059 and stating that the certficate and photo would be forthcoming. The second certificate is the official certificate which was returned with the photo. The back side of the photo is interesting in that it suggest the owner should "assign" the certificate to whomever he might sell to much the same way a title of a car is transfered. I guess they found out quickly there were potential problems with this approach. None the less, a very interesting piece of history. And yes, I have the original coin as well.
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<< <i>Super cool
It surely is cool. Thanks for sharing!
I had been writing to Mr. Hoskins before the date on this letter. He had actually told me to hold off on sending the coins----as the office was not ready to accept them yet. I haven't found that letter yet. I know that I still have it somewhere.
Anyway, I sent coins that were authenticated on Aug. 24 of 1972. Their numbers were from O595 to O606. Also, within that grouping was a coin that they thought was counterfeit----they put "NO" number on that one but returned it with "we regret that we can "NOT" report that in our opinion this is a genuine, original coin as described". They also included another little white sheet which stated "section 492, Title 18 U.S. Code that a counterfeit coin be surrendered to an authorized agent of the Treasury Department".
I then asked for an explanation and received a nice letter from Mr. Hoskins on Sept.22 of 1972. In it he actually did tell me what to look for----up to a point. I was then able to return the coin to the dealer----and received a refund of 500----a lot of money at that time.
I still have all of the certifications----they are exactly like the ones that "windycity" showed. It is of interest that I also had coins go to Washington that were authenticated on July 3 of 1973. Those numbers were 2721 and 2771 that would indicate that about 2100--2200 coins had been seen in that first year or so.
Actually, I am "NOT" surprised that I saved all of this. I'm glad that I did now. Bob [supertooth]