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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3194450, member: 68&quot;]I know where you&#039;re coming from but there&#039;s one thing special about its condition.&nbsp; The mint made 424 million of these for circulation and virtually none of these is still pristine.&nbsp; Indeed, very very few even exist in grades over VF and only about 195 million still survive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint specially&nbsp; made 2 million for mint sets.&nbsp; These were made with increased tonnage by brand new dies.&nbsp; Of these only about 700,000 survive and most of these have mint set tarnish like the one pictured. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t tell from the picture if it&#039;s a Gem or not but I can tell that there is a high probability that this one could be saved by a soak in alcohol.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these may never be saved because if this tarnish stays on the coin it comes to the point nothing takes it off. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me it&#039;s very special and there&#039;s a ticking clock that people can&#039;t seem to hear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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