I don't collect them either, but I believe that Bluntflame was saying that proofs without the S mm are known for the time period, not that no San...
Well, actually it guarantees that the coin it originally came with wasn't a counterfeit.
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No, but they should change the obverse and get rid of Lincoln.
A corollary to the Mark Twain quote above... [IMG]
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Been around a while...but still just as true today. [IMG]
Thanks, I enjoyed putting it together. I knew from the start that every date/MM was impossible. I did set a goal of acquiring at least one...
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The sight unseen market--NOT BUYER PROTECTION--was the sole purpose for slabbing in the first place.
In the year 2525,,,if man is still alive.
LCS=Local Coin Shop
If you want a set then it is worth buying them at face. If you are trying to get rich then probably not.
My drill sergeant told us to paint the rocks on the quad and spell out Company C. Didn't say anything at all about selling them.
And I wouldn't see 13 grand difference between 2 different coins if one was a 67+ and the other was a 68...even if both were "correctly" graded....
In what way is it a scam? The seller has put up a product at a set price. As long as the seller is willing to provide that product to a buyer...
I have always thought that my 56 looked like Franklin was crying his eyes out-- probably because he learned that my little sister had just...
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The same thing I was already buying in 1966...draped bust cents...just more of them.
No, you're not missing anything. The rest of us all missed that the OP called it a shield not a liberty nickel, though.
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