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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 8151963, member: 15588"]This evokes a still vivid memory: Years ago I was digging through a local coin shop and a shocked looking man came in and asked me "do you collect coins?" I said "yes" and he showed me, with awe pouring off of him, a two sided Kennedy almost exactly like the one above. All I could do was raise my eyebrows and keep looking through the inventory. When the dealer freed up, the man went to him and said "Look at this! I had a guy at another place look at it under a scope and he couldn't find a seam or anything!" The dealer took the coin and in 1 second pointed to it and said "it's right there. These are well known magic coins and, given how the minting process works, it's impossible for these to happen at the mint." The disappointed man skulked out of the shop and the dealer and I made quick eye contact in an "oh boy" type manner. I hoped that the poor guy didn't pay a ton of money for it. I never saw him again, though I spent a lot of time in that same shop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 8151963, member: 15588"]This evokes a still vivid memory: Years ago I was digging through a local coin shop and a shocked looking man came in and asked me "do you collect coins?" I said "yes" and he showed me, with awe pouring off of him, a two sided Kennedy almost exactly like the one above. All I could do was raise my eyebrows and keep looking through the inventory. When the dealer freed up, the man went to him and said "Look at this! I had a guy at another place look at it under a scope and he couldn't find a seam or anything!" The dealer took the coin and in 1 second pointed to it and said "it's right there. These are well known magic coins and, given how the minting process works, it's impossible for these to happen at the mint." The disappointed man skulked out of the shop and the dealer and I made quick eye contact in an "oh boy" type manner. I hoped that the poor guy didn't pay a ton of money for it. I never saw him again, though I spent a lot of time in that same shop.[/QUOTE]
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