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A coin that isn't worth diddly squat that I absolutely love.

RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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You guys have a coin that you keep handy just because you like to stare at it sometimes? I keep this one on my desk:

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It isn't worth jack because it's only graded PR67DCAM. But, it makes my heart go pitter pat.

Russ, NCNE
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    DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    I hear they make a multitude of drugs that are able to stabelize the mind these days . image
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    TUMUSSTUMUSS Posts: 2,207 ✭
    My Great Aunt gave these to me taped to a Birthday Card... (The first three coins in my collection...and STILL the most valued)

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    MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    PR67DCAM, it must be Bush's fault!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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    DickyBetzDickyBetz Posts: 3,825
    Wow! Talk about CAKED frost!
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow! Talk about CAKED frost! >>



    It's the strongest I've ever found. It literally looks like a presentation medal.

    Russ, NCNE
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,510 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ, if it keeps you twitterpated, that's all that matters. Likewise, I've got a Deep Cameo "California" proof Morgan that I keep entombed for fear of breathing too heavily on it...and it was a he// of a lot cheaper than the real deal to enjoyimage

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    JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    Certainly not a high value coin, but I'll bet, to a real Kennedy fan, it would be worth more than a typical 68 DCAM like this one:

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    I saw a '56 Franklin with frost like that once at a dealer's. It was only graded 66DCAM. I offered the guy twice what normal '56 DCAMs were going for for it and he laughed at me.
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    JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    BTW, what limits the grade on yours? I certainly can't see anything on your pics that would knock it down to 67.
    “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” — Benjamin Franklin


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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>BTW, what limits the grade on yours? >>



    Some light hairlines. Tough to find them, but they're there.

    Russ, NCNE
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    123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Not worth alot but I really like it.image
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    RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice 1969-S Russ. And it is certainly a DCAM, not like many of them where you have to guess. Especially the 1971-S halves.

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

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    segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    How much is diddly squat?

    I like it more than PCGS does!!!

    Looks damn nice to me.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>How much is diddly squat? >>



    Market value for an average PR67DCAM would be $20 to $25. But, I've turned down three times that much for this one.

    Russ, NCNE
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    segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    Then I'll go 4X!
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ:

    Nice - how much more would you like it if he was a Repub?? image
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    foodudefoodude Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a pocket pieceimage
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    CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Yup, I'm a bidder on that one and I'm not even a JFK collector. So your diddly squat premise is blown...

    Nice frost! Looks like a high end '78 or '79...
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    LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    Frosty. image

    -Amanda
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    numobrinumobri Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭


    Great looking coin Russ(for a desk top),I'll give you 5X for it.

    I won a prize in a raffle some years ago that I have turned down 60X the price I payed for it,just because I LIKE it(I payed diddly squat for it).

    Know where your coming from.If you don't sell to me,that ok.image


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    pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    that has to be the nicest JFK Ive ever seen image

    must be even nicer in hand
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    fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love vanilla frosting.image
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    segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    OK Final Offer 6X
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    ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    The reverse has absolutely zero frost.


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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ will score like a pig when PCGS introduces the UDCAM designation. Don't laugh. It's inevitable.
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    ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ will score like a pig when PCGS introduces the UDCAM designation. Don't laugh. It's inevitable. >>



    Seeing the difference between Russ's pic and other coins similarly graded, I agree with you Andy.
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    RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,621 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The reverse has absolutely zero frost.


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    Nice 1971-S, ksteelheader! Most 1971-S halves are ugly, regardless of what their grade is.

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    ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭


    << <i>when PCGS introduces the UDCAM designation. Don't laugh. It's inevitable. >>



    ICCS uses it's version, with some success.



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    mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,560 ✭✭✭
    Man that frosting looks thick. :thumbup; Great photo Russ.
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    MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Here's a couple of darkside coins that I never get tired of looking at....
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