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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 8461536, member: 19250&quot;][USER=96740]@Wal888[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to keep in mind is the mintages..... an example the 1964 P &amp; D Jefferson nickels&nbsp; had mintages that were unbelievable! They made a ton of them....finding 1 with full steps is next to impossible.....if you do you&#039;re in ....but when so many were produced it most probably machine doubling....or a coin that had die deteration. </p><p>This is when the die was used so much...its on the last stages of its life.</p><p>However it never hurts to ask questions,&nbsp; as that is how we learn.</p><p>I totally understand the let down of believing that you found something...and it isn&#039;t. </p><p>But that&#039;s what drives the collector to keep on searching.</p><p><br /></p><p>A very well known treasure hunter...who is no longer with us....Mel Fisher for years of searching for the Atocha as well ships of the 1715 fleet...had a saying....&quot;today&#039;s the day&quot; </p><p>I had the opportunity to meet and shake his hand back in Key West Fl.&nbsp; in 1989.</p><p>It was truely a pleasure meeting a person with such passion in his quest....even at the price of loosing his son and dauther in law durring his search....but his passion was the key! Passion in what we do in life is what keeps us going....</p><p>Keep searching...keep feeding the passion....thats whats going to make you a finder...thats whats going to make you better every day....in what you do. Never loose the passion....its what makes life great.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW your English is a 1000 times better than my Spanish or French....as its been decades that I&#039;ve needed to communicate in either&nbsp; of those languages.&nbsp; I have completly forgotten any Italian that I learned&nbsp; at a young age working in a bakery.... so no worries my friend we will find away to communicate....even if we need to draw pictures.&nbsp; lol...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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