Seated or standing? Was it @ToughCOINS that had a clashed one a while back? We were trying to figure that out but I never heard a followup.
Jury's still out on that one. I discussed it with a few astute collectors of the series at FUN, and none of them had seen another like it.
I LOVE the looks of this series. But I HATE the prices for examples in the grades that I like to collect. I've only ever owned 1 MS coin from this series. It was a spectacular looking example, unfortunately I could only be it's custodian for a short period of time.
I love these too, and I have been scouring for bargains so I could even have some of my own. Fittingly this was the first I acquired.
My one and only. I'm currently looking for a Type 2 to add to my collection. 1917 Type 1 by jpcienkus posted Feb 3, 2018 at 10:24 PM 1917 Type 1 reverse by jpcienkus posted Feb 3, 2018 at 10:24 PM
I only own one SLQ (these are completely unknown in prooflike condition - if you have one that is PL, please let me know and I will throw many dollars at you to obtain a PL SLQ). I went to my very first coin show in 10th grade, which would have been 2000. I bought 3 coins at that show - my very first Franklin (a circulated 1959), a cherry red 1955S Lincoln, and this unfortunate SLQ which I got for a crazy good price. I didn't know any better at the time, but when I learned more I realized she had a staple scratch all the way across the coin. You can see it in these pictures. I keep this coin as a reminder of that lesson.
I lucked up upon an extra fine example of a '93s Morgan. a dream coin by most standards. At $450 bucks, it was so tempting, just couldn't get past the deep staple scratch running across the entire face. When I looked at the coin, it was all that I saw, was quite depressing.