VF-35
Dansco; I like being able to see both sides.
Can't say I'm surprised, given my own experience with incompetent carriers over the years.
Sounds like a coin counterfeiting operation!
Just keep it. With coins from less frequently collected series, it can be quite difficult to find a buyer willing to pay you what they're worth.
That's the same question I have about many of the zinc cents I come across in circulation.
AU-58
Why not put together a small-size set of the different seal colors? (gold, blue, red, green, brown) Should be doable for not too much, so long as...
MS-61; way too many marks on the obverse face.
Aren't small denomination US coins also used a fair bit in other countries with unstable currencies, or those that have effectively dollarized...
MS-64
Hence, buy the coin, not the slab.
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