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PCGS grades first 1953-D BUGS BUNNY Franklin...

bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
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1953-D Bugsy
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and they're cold.
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  • Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    Any guess on what it will go for?

    And for what it's worth, I liked the Frank Zappa quote much better.
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Any guess on what it will go for?

    And for what it's worth, I liked the Frank Zappa quote much better. >>



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  • WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool. Franklin varieties deserve more attention.
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  • quickwingquickwing Posts: 1,155
    Great news.
    But the reason I'm actually posting is to beg you to return to a "Zappa" quote. Please anyone but her. Please?
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  • luckymanluckyman Posts: 721
    The Yoko quote is cool with me...very profound (wonder if John actually said it first)
    ....and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make....

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  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
    Yoko Ono is always a hard sell. I wrestled with using her name in my sig line and decided it was ok just for this week (the week John was killedimage )

    Next week we return to our regularly scheduled program... ("blow your harmonica, son!")
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    Well bummer. My 53-D only got a "Die Clashed" moniker with the exact same clash!

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    Come to think of it, I'm downright irritated since I did submit this for variety attribution as an FS-401 but was told by PCGS that they did not attribute this coin!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,952 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,952 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks more "runny nose" than "Bugs Bunny"....
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  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
    I was hoping to get an FS-401 designation too.
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On the closeups I see boogers but not teeth. in the first post links, I see no clash (but I do see the typing on the label, which is very impressive)

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was hoping to get an FS-401 designation too. >>



    My mistake. But at least you got Bugs.

    Was this submitted through Teletrade?
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on finding it.
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  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
    Yes, submitted raw thru TT.
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I have an update.

    Although the Teletrade coin is labeled as "Bugs Bunny" Die Clash, it does not have the FS-401 designation.

    I sent my Minor Variety - Obverse Die Clash (pictured previously) back to PCGS to at least get the "Bugs Bunny" added to the label but between the time that I sent it until today, PCGS changed their policy on not attributing Branch Mint Bugs Bunny Die Clashes. My coin now resides in a slab with the FS-401 attribution. Woo-Hoo!

    So now I guess it's offical. PCGS has graded their First 1953-D Bugs Bunny Franklin.

    BTW, this policy change was not my doing but I applaud PCGS for moving ahead in this area since a clash is a clash and it should not matter whether or not the clash occured in Philadelphia, Denver or San Francisco.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Perhaps it should be called "Nose Hairs Variety".
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  • OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can Bugs Bunny halves also be designated 21.6-carrot silver? image

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  • bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
    It has been added as a requirement to the Franklins w/Varieties Registry sets.
    "Wars are really ugly! They're dirty
    and they're cold.
    I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
    Mary






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  • frnklnlvrfrnklnlvr Posts: 2,750 ✭


    << <i>I have an update.

    Although the Teletrade coin is labeled as "Bugs Bunny" Die Clash, it does not have the FS-401 designation.

    I sent my Minor Variety - Obverse Die Clash (pictured previously) back to PCGS to at least get the "Bugs Bunny" added to the label but between the time that I sent it until today, PCGS changed their policy on not attributing Branch Mint Bugs Bunny Die Clashes. My coin now resides in a slab with the FS-401 attribution. Woo-Hoo!

    So now I guess it's offical. PCGS has graded their First 1953-D Bugs Bunny Franklin.

    BTW, this policy change was not my doing but I applaud PCGS for moving ahead in this area since a clash is a clash and it should not matter whether or not the clash occured in Philadelphia, Denver or San Francisco. >>



    I won the '53-D on TT and contacted PCGS about having a coin number assigned for it. A few days later they contacted me with the new coin number and also added it to the Variety Set. I was very pleased with how quickly PCGS took care of my request! I just have to send my coin in to have it reholdered now.

    Here's the clash...

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I have an update.

    Although the Teletrade coin is labeled as "Bugs Bunny" Die Clash, it does not have the FS-401 designation.

    I sent my Minor Variety - Obverse Die Clash (pictured previously) back to PCGS to at least get the "Bugs Bunny" added to the label but between the time that I sent it until today, PCGS changed their policy on not attributing Branch Mint Bugs Bunny Die Clashes. My coin now resides in a slab with the FS-401 attribution. Woo-Hoo!

    So now I guess it's offical. PCGS has graded their First 1953-D Bugs Bunny Franklin.

    BTW, this policy change was not my doing but I applaud PCGS for moving ahead in this area since a clash is a clash and it should not matter whether or not the clash occured in Philadelphia, Denver or San Francisco. >>



    I won the '53-D on TT and contacted PCGS about having a coin number assigned for it. A few days later they contacted me with the new coin number and also added it to the Variety Set. I was very pleased with how quickly PCGS took care of my request! I just have to send my coin in to have it reholdered now.

    Here's the clash...

    image >>



    You must have w-a-a-y more pull than I since I sent my Franky in back on 4/13 and despite my queries, all I got was the "Obverse Die Clash" designation along with a pocket book that was lighter by $24!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • frnklnlvrfrnklnlvr Posts: 2,750 ✭


    << <i>
    You must have w-a-a-y more pull than I since I sent my Franky in back on 4/13 and despite my queries, all I got was the "Obverse Die Clash" designation along with a pocket book that was lighter by $24! >>



    I think the fact that it already had Bugs Bunny on the label might have helped me. I also reminded them that the 1949 Bugs isn't listed in the CPG either and it has its own coin number.

    I submitted a 1954-S Bugs for a friend of mine a while back and they wouldn't designate it. It may be time to try again.
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I guess putting "Bugs Bunny" on a non-FS designated label wasn't such a good idea then?

    Oh well, they're all just die clashes "with a catchy name" anyway.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    Anybody with the "old" Bugs Bunny labeled clash has got a rarity.

    I believe from now on, the 53-D's will only be getting an "FS402 OBV Die Clash" label, so the FS401 Bugs Bunny labeled coins ... they won't be making any more.
  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,726 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This most certgainly should have been labled "Bugs's Boogher" not "Bugs Bunny".
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  • frnklnlvrfrnklnlvr Posts: 2,750 ✭


    << <i>Anybody with the "old" Bugs Bunny labeled clash has got a rarity.

    I believe from now on, the 53-D's will only be getting an "FS402 OBV Die Clash" label, so the FS401 Bugs Bunny labeled coins ... they won't be making any more. >>



    I'm wondering what will happen with the Registry Sets with regards to this. There's two coin numbers for the "Obv Die Clash" which I think will make this even more confusing. There's an FS-401 ODC (509930, 509931) and FS-402 ODC (509932, 509933).

    I can't think of a fair solution. If the Bugs Bunny FS-401 is removed from the set it wouldn't seem fair to those that paid a premium for one of these. If they leave it in then those that don't have one will always have a hole in their set.

    I think it will eventually be removed if PCGS isn't going to attribute these anymore.
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