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So what are some of the more interesting, off beat, coins in your collection?
SanctionII
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US Coins primarily, but if you have an interesting non US coin tell us about that also.
For me a few are:
1. A clipped 1969 D Kennedy half;
2. Two die clashed 1965 SMS dimes;
3. A split planchet (reverse side only) Jefferson nickel;
4. A 1963 proof set and a 1964 proof set in OGP with five coins that are Cameo in appearance (two sided frost on the devices and deep mirrored fields; some of the coins may even warrant a Cameo designation);
5. A 1961 DDR proof half dollar (the big one) that may be a Cameo that I found in an OGP set;
6. A 1923 silver coin from Central America (Costa Rica if I recall) with a counterstamp; and
7. A 1944 circulated Walker that has a small hole in it and that has an engraved inscription from a WWII solider (the inscription mentions Hawaii so I suspect the coin was obtained by the solider while on active duty in Hawaii during WWII and that he put the hole in it and used it as a pocket piece or on a key chain). I found it at a local bank branch sitting in a tray of coins including a number of half dollars.
How about you?
For me a few are:
1. A clipped 1969 D Kennedy half;
2. Two die clashed 1965 SMS dimes;
3. A split planchet (reverse side only) Jefferson nickel;
4. A 1963 proof set and a 1964 proof set in OGP with five coins that are Cameo in appearance (two sided frost on the devices and deep mirrored fields; some of the coins may even warrant a Cameo designation);
5. A 1961 DDR proof half dollar (the big one) that may be a Cameo that I found in an OGP set;
6. A 1923 silver coin from Central America (Costa Rica if I recall) with a counterstamp; and
7. A 1944 circulated Walker that has a small hole in it and that has an engraved inscription from a WWII solider (the inscription mentions Hawaii so I suspect the coin was obtained by the solider while on active duty in Hawaii during WWII and that he put the hole in it and used it as a pocket piece or on a key chain). I found it at a local bank branch sitting in a tray of coins including a number of half dollars.
How about you?
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Picked up a broadstruck steel cent many years ago. I don't collect errors, but I've always like it.
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I try and choose a coin I would normaly not buy for myself... I've won probably 5 or 6 different times, here are some of my choices that have nothing
to do with my collection... just what I found to be interesting.
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