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What a racket(eer)!

cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I picked this up at the San Antonio, TX show yesterday for $4.00. I've always wanted to see a 'real' one! I wonder how many times it was successfully passed...

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You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.

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  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭
    Dang. Didn't know there was a show in San Antonio yesterday. I was at the gun show.
    Nice coin. Can't beat $4
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, excellent buy!

    Reeded edge I see!

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    I always wanted to locate one myself, especially with the Reeded edge.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great buy! The reeded edge is the key. It is hard to argue that this is not a racketeer nickel when it has the reeded edge. The gold coating does not mean much. It could have done in 1883 or 2013.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice find.... Cheers, RickO
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice!
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, everyone. I actually know the dealer I bought it from. He saw that I had set it aside and asked what it was (he knows I cherrypick). I told him, and he said he really didn't care- it was just damaged junk to him...
    You Suck! Awarded 6/2008- 1901-O Micro O Morgan, 8/2008- 1878 VAM-123 Morgan, 9/2022 1888-O VAM-1B3 H8 Morgan | Senior Regional Representative- ANACS Coin Grading. Posted opinions on coins are my own, and are not an official ANACS opinion.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    coool pick up.

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