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<p>[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 25257304, member: 73995"]Ya know, when I was just into varieties, I found a 79CC Capped die in a pawn shop. It was lustrous, sharp strike, just gorgeous. Deep golden and AU58+ to a MS66. When I grabbed ahold of it the reeding was so sharp that I had a pause. I questioned the bulion feel to the coin. At that time we didn't have much of an internet. Nothing coin related was online. I knew the weight of a Morgan 26.73g so I asked him to weigh it. It weighed. So, I left it. Fairly hefty price of around $400. I went home and studied. Went back in in a few days and he had a micrometer. We found it was just slightly smaller in diameter, and just a tad thicker. If I knew then what I have learned now, thanks to the CT community. I would have made him an offer an took it home, because it is still the best counterfeit I have ever seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the kind comments Randy.</p><p>I am gonna have to go cook dinner so my head doesn't explode.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 25257304, member: 73995"]Ya know, when I was just into varieties, I found a 79CC Capped die in a pawn shop. It was lustrous, sharp strike, just gorgeous. Deep golden and AU58+ to a MS66. When I grabbed ahold of it the reeding was so sharp that I had a pause. I questioned the bulion feel to the coin. At that time we didn't have much of an internet. Nothing coin related was online. I knew the weight of a Morgan 26.73g so I asked him to weigh it. It weighed. So, I left it. Fairly hefty price of around $400. I went home and studied. Went back in in a few days and he had a micrometer. We found it was just slightly smaller in diameter, and just a tad thicker. If I knew then what I have learned now, thanks to the CT community. I would have made him an offer an took it home, because it is still the best counterfeit I have ever seen. Thank you for the kind comments Randy. I am gonna have to go cook dinner so my head doesn't explode.[/QUOTE]
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