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A 1916 Buffalo Nickel That Just About Gave Me A Heart Attack
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I returned from a regional coin show last night with a 1916 Buffalo nickel and when I looked at it closer
with better lighting, I saw doubling on the coin. I was pretty excited for a moment until I realized it's just
machine doubling. Have any of you had one of those moments where you think you just made a killer coin
deal only to come crashing back to Earth a second later when you realize it just isn't so?
The reverse has really cool color and it's slightly rotated.
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with better lighting, I saw doubling on the coin. I was pretty excited for a moment until I realized it's just
machine doubling. Have any of you had one of those moments where you think you just made a killer coin
deal only to come crashing back to Earth a second later when you realize it just isn't so?
The reverse has really cool color and it's slightly rotated.
Very Large Obverse Image
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deal only to come crashing back to Earth a second later when you realize it just isn't so?"
Not in a long time. Still, it's fun while it lasts.
I was at a show a few months ago looking at raw MS Franklins. I picked up a 2x2 marked 1953-S with a price of about $15-20 or so. I glanced at the obverse- MS63, then flipped it over and saw FULL BELLINES!!!. and started to feel a big Cha Ching coming on. The bell lines seemed a bit odd though as they did not look like other '53-Ss I've seen and heard about. I then noticed the "D" mintmark.
Of course such a '53-D is common, and if it was a '53-S, well, they quite a bit scarcer
Ken
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I had to try -
I wrote down all the dates, and found the mint marks if there were any.
My father said he would keep them in a safe palce until I was a bit older.
A couple of years later, my grandfather passed away, and my grandmother asked if I had that special twenty cent piece. I looked it up, and there it was on the list I had made before. Yes I said, here it is , a 1876-CC.
The next day she bought me a Red Book, for 1960, and we looked up the unusual twenty cent piece. It was worth $500. I could not contain my excitement. I begged my father to get the coins, so I could have a coin dealer inspect it and give me his opinion.
When I looked up the coin in the Red Book, and having the coin in my hand, it wasn't a twenty cent piece, but a quarter dollar. Yes it was an 1876-CC, but my heart sank.
That's about the best "close, but no cigar" story that I have.
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