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Teletrade Accidental Cherry-Pick
Was so excited by my $20 Saint (covered in another thread), that I
barely got around to looking at Teletrade win #2. Nothing extremely exciting....1881 Nickel 3cent, PCGS MS62. I'm now about 30% of the way to a full business strike MS set. Not much cost compared to coins of comparable age and grade, and very little competition. (I just have to hope that the government, in their infinite wisdom, will decide to replace the Lincoln cent with a 3 cent coin. Then I'll cash in on a suddenly popular series. I can dream, can't I? But while looking at the date, I saw something odd. A little nub of metal in front of the final "1". I pulled out my copy of the Flynn/Fletcher book on the series, and sure enough it's listed: RPD-005. Every die crack and diagnostic matches! Then I pulled out the Cherry Picker's guide, and it's listed there as well: FS#3CN-006.8, with a URS-5 ("9 to 16 known"). Picture with this listing looks even MORE like my coin. Okay, so I won't get rich on this coin. Nobody is knocking down doors looking for one. But it is a nice little bonus. Is it still a Cherry Pick if it just falls into your hands? Tom |
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:20:05 GMT, Tom Kindschi
wrote: Was so excited by my $20 Saint (covered in another thread), that I barely got around to looking at Teletrade win #2. Nothing extremely exciting....1881 Nickel 3cent, PCGS MS62. I'm now about 30% of the way to a full business strike MS set. Not much cost compared to coins of comparable age and grade, and very little competition. (I just have to hope that the government, in their infinite wisdom, will decide to replace the Lincoln cent with a 3 cent coin. Then I'll cash in on a suddenly popular series. I can dream, can't I? But while looking at the date, I saw something odd. A little nub of metal in front of the final "1". I pulled out my copy of the Flynn/Fletcher book on the series, and sure enough it's listed: RPD-005. Every die crack and diagnostic matches! Then I pulled out the Cherry Picker's guide, and it's listed there as well: FS#3CN-006.8, with a URS-5 ("9 to 16 known"). Picture with this listing looks even MORE like my coin. Okay, so I won't get rich on this coin. Nobody is knocking down doors looking for one. But it is a nice little bonus. Is it still a Cherry Pick if it just falls into your hands? Tom YES. Even more so. Like falling into a hole in the ground with a treasure chest at the bottom. Thrilling!! Aram. |
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Tom Kindschi wrote in
: Was so excited by my $20 Saint (covered in another thread), that I barely got around to looking at Teletrade win #2. Nothing extremely exciting....1881 Nickel 3cent, PCGS MS62. I'm now about 30% of the way to a full business strike MS set. Not much cost compared to coins of comparable age and grade, and very little competition. (I just have to hope that the government, in their infinite wisdom, will decide to replace the Lincoln cent with a 3 cent coin. Then I'll cash in on a suddenly popular series. I can dream, can't I? But while looking at the date, I saw something odd. A little nub of metal in front of the final "1". I pulled out my copy of the Flynn/Fletcher book on the series, and sure enough it's listed: RPD-005. Every die crack and diagnostic matches! Then I pulled out the Cherry Picker's guide, and it's listed there as well: FS#3CN-006.8, with a URS-5 ("9 to 16 known"). Picture with this listing looks even MORE like my coin. Okay, so I won't get rich on this coin. Nobody is knocking down doors looking for one. But it is a nice little bonus. Is it still a Cherry Pick if it just falls into your hands? Tom Sure it is, you had to know enough to check it out and identify it. -- Joecoin Copper is as copper does. |
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