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CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
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...Charging me 10x what's written on the 2x2!! :joy:

Any guesses on how long this girls been locked up? It's got a certain cashet to it so as long as I own it she's staying put.

The more you VAM..

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    ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Should have put up an offer for $3.

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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks 64.

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    REALGATORREALGATOR Posts: 2,705 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd guess its been in there since 1970.

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    clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,045 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That has been in there a while for sure!

    I once bought a nice UNC (later graded 64) 29-S slq that had $30 or so written on the 2x2.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find :smile:

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,937 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thats a cool pick up. i dont blame ya for holding onto that

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    BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A long time I would guess, 60s maybe. I am surprised its as white as it is though.

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    CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The staples never lie. Rust never sleeps.

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wished I still had the one with $1.85 on it, that was a lock 65 coin.
    Coin was in an estate I was buying about 12 years ago, the retired part time dealer said they didn't discern between grades of mint state back in the 60's. And if it wasn't Unc, it was $1.

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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bought a bunch of nice BU Morgan dollar rolls a couple years back that were put away in the early mid-1970's. The rolls were marked at around $3.25-$3.75 per coin.

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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinstartled said:
    The staples never lie. Rust never sleeps.

    That one's seen a few Harvest Moons. :p

    It looks like the holder has seen some moisture, which doesn't look to have affected the coin.
    The old red, yellow and blue 2x2's are also a good sign of age.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Be glad the coin didn't get tossed rolling home to you.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would get her away from those nasty staples...ASAP

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @oih82w8 said:
    I would get her away from those nasty staples...ASAP

    Nope. Staying right where it is. What do you think the staples will do anyway?

    The more you VAM..
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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The corroded staples may want to jump to the pretty silver...my concern anyway...it's your coin...right?

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    davewesendavewesen Posts: 7,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    I would get her away from those nasty staples...ASAP

    Nope. Staying right where it is. What do you think the staples will do anyway?

    the other side could scratch other coins in your 2x2 box

    I wonder if the dealer just bought an old collection from a widow(er) and didn't even have to haggle over their offer?

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @oih82w8 said:
    The corroded staples may want to jump to the pretty silver...my concern anyway...it's your coin...right?

    Silver doesn't rust. Plus it's been in there so long if anything was going to happen it would have already.

    The more you VAM..
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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @davewesen said:

    @CascadeChris said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    I would get her away from those nasty staples...ASAP

    Nope. Staying right where it is. What do you think the staples will do anyway?

    the other side could scratch other coins in your 2x2 box

    I wonder if the dealer just bought an old collection from a widow(er) and didn't even have to haggle over their offer?

    I don't ascribe to that mantra. I've never had an issue with staples scratching other coins. But then again I don't toss them around with each other and typically don't store my coins in 2x2s so I don't use long boxes. That said, I'm keeping this one in a large safety flip for storage purposes. Its just cool that's it's been in that 2x2 all this time.

    The more you VAM..
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    MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,776 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember buying these for $3.25 from Elsie Coriel out of Campbell, CA in 1971-1973 timeframe.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    The corroded staples may want to jump to the pretty silver...my concern anyway...it's your coin...right?

    Silver doesn't rust. Plus it's been in there so long if anything was going to happen it would have already.

    I did not state that, however...nevermind.

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    ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,198 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a ton of 2x2's with very outdated prices on them...wish I could have bought them for that much! But when they were those prices I was only making like 10.00 a week as a paperboy...and coins were secondary to trout fishing which required it's own set of expenses. :)

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I always enjoy going through a "new" purchase from dealers I do biz with when I see the rusty staples.
    "Market fresh".

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    thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about a pic. of the reverse?

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    shorecollshorecoll Posts: 5,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have been told by several dealers never to leave a coin in a holder with an old price on it if I was selling, as many dealers would bottom-fish the pricing.

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about that "toning" in the lower left corner?

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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,917 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Notice the letters B.Q. in the bottom left hand corner. Must have been the early way to describe a coin, Brilliant Quality?
    Then it may have changed to B.U. (Brilliant Uncirculated), and later on and P.Q. for Premium Quality.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My eyes are bad but I see "BU" :smile:

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisnamztaken said:
    How about a pic. of the reverse?

    Sure

    The more you VAM..
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @oih82w8 said:
    The corroded staples may want to jump to the pretty silver...my concern anyway...it's your coin...right?

    Very true. Silver doesn't BUT! It can cause corrosion on the silver. The truth.
    Carry on

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    By the way I find your Morgan extremely attractive my friend. Very nice pick up

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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,917 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    My eyes are bad but I see "BU" :smile:

    Yeah, I can see it too now. At first it sure looked like a Q as the second dot mislead me to believe differently.

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @crazyhounddog said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    The corroded staples may want to jump to the pretty silver...my concern anyway...it's your coin...right?

    Very true. Silver doesn't BUT! It can cause corrosion on the silver. The truth.
    Carry on

    How so? Even if true I think time has shown the coin is stable as is. Either way it's only an 81s so the 2x2 is cooler than any possible hijinks occuring from it.

    And after reading his post again he could mean that the corroded staples can break then a piece can possibly scratch the coin maybe ??

    The more you VAM..
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can show ya.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a really nice coin in a cool, old 2x2...... :) Cheers, RickO

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    CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    That is a really nice coin in a cool, old 2x2...... :) Cheers, RickO

    Thanks ricko. I was wondering if this girl used to be in your collection. Try as she might she's still won't turn. She must still be afraid of you :joy:

    The more you VAM..
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "I have spoken!!"..... :D:D Cheers, RickO

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko
    I am pretty sure, based upon what little I know. that any coin that anyone has was NEVER in @ricko ;s collection. :smile:

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    silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,870 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston ...The only exception to that would be some darkside gold (Britannia set) that I sold some years back...Cheers, RickO

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    2manycoins2fewfunds2manycoins2fewfunds Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭

    A great example why you shouldn't put fixed prices on items.

    Long ago in a rapidly moving market I got tired of repricing and now I post no prices.

    When asked I tell customers I use "Attitude pricing".

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    campwillowlakecampwillowlake Posts: 6 ✭

    Nice!

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,544 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CascadeChris said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    The corroded staples may want to jump to the pretty silver...my concern anyway...it's your coin...right?

    Silver doesn't rust. Plus it's been in there so long if anything was going to happen it would have already.

    Agree. It's stable in that flip.

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    abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't let those staples bleed onto the coin. MS67 will become ms66 with rusty blotches.

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