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ad4400ad4400 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Always wondered how or when I would make the stretch on any of the last three dates needed to complete my liberty nickel set. That opportunity presented itself tonight for the 12-s. I suspect it will fit right in for what I am trying to build.

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 8, 2018 6:52PM

    Congratulation! It's a beautiful coin!!! How long has it been?

  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin! The Kagins live sale was paused but it was nice to hear about all the lunch choices as they were sorting it out

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  • ad4400ad4400 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Congratulation! It's a beautiful coin!!! How long has it been?

    I’ve started the set in 2011, so I guess you could argue seven years.

    Liberty Nickel Digital Album
    Buffalo Nickel Digital Album
    Toned Buffalo Date SetDigital Album
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ad4400 said:
    I’ve started the set in 2011, so I guess you could argue seven years.

    WOW it made it even sweeter. Have fun with the newest addition... <3

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is the grade?

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The mintmark on your 12-S displays nicely. Congrats to you on your version of the first San Francisco Nickel coined.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lovely!


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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yowsa Yowsa Yowsa!

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  • aclocoacloco Posts: 952 ✭✭✭

    Excellent V nickel!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a very pretty coin!

  • 2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭

    nice coin, however I prefer the 1913... I have 7 of them now

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,931 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a pretty one! I think you will like it in hand.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow is right, that's gorgeous!

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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love the color.....Congrats !

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,577 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on a nice acquisition and the next step in completing your set. Cheers, RickO

  • EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, I can’t remember the last time I saw a Liberty nickel that colorful. And that “S” is hammered! Congrats!

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice coin!

  • mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool pick up... congrats!

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The rest of the set is easy comparatively writing, except for a few... Nice one.

  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:
    What is the grade?

    MS64. Sold in Kagin's ANA sale.

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  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful original nickel. Love the gentle rim toning. Congrats!!!

    Dave

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful Liberty Nickel.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The color is amazing!!

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,057 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice coin! For a key date that isn't particularly rare, you owe it to yourself to find a coin that stands out from the run of the mill, and this one does. The strike is actually better than the details imply. The details remind me of most 1921-S Morgans, and given this was S's first go-around with this metal, it's not particularly surprising that their dies turned to mush right away. I imagine that a well-struck, needle-sharp 12-S is a major rarity.

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  • carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree, really nice coin.

    "The entire production was struck in four days---December 24 and 26-28. On that last date, the first 1912 S nickel coined was used to pay the first fare on San Francisco's new Municipal Railway. The celebrated passenger was Mayor James Rolph, and the coin was presented to the city treasurer for preservation, but it disappeared from the treasurer's office many years ago.
    Gems are rare for this issue, the number shown being perhaps higher than normal due to multiple submissions of the same coin. This is a frequent occurrence with key dates. The typical 1912 S nickel is softly struck in the hair above Liberty's forehead and at the lower left of the wreath. A fully struck example may not exist, as the obverse weakness seems to have been caused by an incomplete transfer from the hub."

    Perhaps yours is the long-lost first coin...

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,485 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @carabonnair said:
    I agree, really nice coin.

    "The entire production was struck in four days---December 24 and 26-28. On that last date, the first 1912 S nickel coined was used to pay the first fare on San Francisco's new Municipal Railway. The celebrated passenger was Mayor James Rolph, and the coin was presented to the city treasurer for preservation, but it disappeared from the treasurer's office many years ago.
    Gems are rare for this issue, the number shown being perhaps higher than normal due to multiple submissions of the same coin. This is a frequent occurrence with key dates. The typical 1912 S nickel is softly struck in the hair above Liberty's forehead and at the lower left of the wreath. A fully struck example may not exist, as the obverse weakness seems to have been caused by an incomplete transfer from the hub."

    Perhaps yours is the long-lost first coin...

    Thanks for the write up................that just about says it all.

    Pete

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  • erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,170 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice addition!

  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,961 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats! Great pickup.

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