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<p>[QUOTE="nickelman, post: 246957, member: 4633"]Several years ago I had to go for training in Colorado Springs, CO and as I often do when I travel I checked out all the local coin shops hunting for the FS's. I stopped at one shop and went through his stock picked out a few nickels and noticed a half roll of 53D nickels. I forget what I paid but threw them in my bag to look through on a day of leisure. </p><p> When I got home from the training and looked through all the nickels I had purchased (for I had gone to several coin shops and attended a show in Denver while out there) here was this half roll of 1953D's, well as I often do I drempt of finding a half roll of full steppers or D/S's.</p><p>This is what I found!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But wait! It gets better! Fast forward several years and I'm going through my hoard (I mean collection) thinking I have so many 1943D's I really should sell some. Now I know that High Grade 1943D FS nickels are fairly common and inexpensive so I looking at these closer I believe all are minimum MS65-66 with a few maybe MS67 and maybe I'll send a couple of the higher grade ones off for certification. Well low and behold this half roll are all RPM#9's. This in my opinion is a very minor RPM but it has made my day![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nickelman, post: 246957, member: 4633"]Several years ago I had to go for training in Colorado Springs, CO and as I often do when I travel I checked out all the local coin shops hunting for the FS's. I stopped at one shop and went through his stock picked out a few nickels and noticed a half roll of 53D nickels. I forget what I paid but threw them in my bag to look through on a day of leisure. When I got home from the training and looked through all the nickels I had purchased (for I had gone to several coin shops and attended a show in Denver while out there) here was this half roll of 1953D's, well as I often do I drempt of finding a half roll of full steppers or D/S's. This is what I found! But wait! It gets better! Fast forward several years and I'm going through my hoard (I mean collection) thinking I have so many 1943D's I really should sell some. Now I know that High Grade 1943D FS nickels are fairly common and inexpensive so I looking at these closer I believe all are minimum MS65-66 with a few maybe MS67 and maybe I'll send a couple of the higher grade ones off for certification. Well low and behold this half roll are all RPM#9's. This in my opinion is a very minor RPM but it has made my day![/QUOTE]
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