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Stopping by a B&M can yield some fun.

SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
I stopped by a shop a couple of days ago to snoop and chat with the owner [he and I are on good terms and we like to talk about coins].

I did not see anything I wanted, so we talked coins. He pulled out some coins that recently came into his shop that he was considering having graded. He let me look at them.

A few of the coins are:

1. 1922 Cent, strong reverse, probably VF to EF;

2. 1893 S Morgan, probably VF; and

3. A beautiful Hawaiian coin from the early 1880's which is either MS or Proof (hard to tell and thus have it reviewed and graded by a TPG).

He also showed me a gold coin that he said he had to play detective to identify. He discovered that it is a 16th Century duchat from Germany. It is not round. Instead it is rectangular or square in appearance.

Way cool stuff that I would never have seen if I had not taken a few minutes of time to stop by and say hello.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,670 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The square piece is probably what is called a "klippe."
    TD
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like fun.
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146
    ya i might have the `93 S graded too.
    even if it was a`genuine` its still a good one to own.

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,297 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>ya i might have the `93 S graded too.
    even if it was a`genuine` its still a good one to own. >>



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    it's probably one of the most counterfeited Morgan dollars to boot..
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The square piece is probably what is called a "klippe."
    TD >>



    Yep. One needs to be careful of the early date ones though, as there are many modern restrikes.

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