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<p>[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 2112367, member: 28299"]Yes I do have documentation for the dimes. I do not post the documentation to public forums so that potential scam artists can whomp up something to scam the unwary. Also, I try and get photos of the astronauts, or others, with pieces of my collection if at all possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a pic of my Liberty Bell 7 dime. All the ones that I have seen are 1961-D's. There are also Mercurys that flew on the spacecraft, but they were smuggled aboard the spacecraft by the technicians that worked on it and were never touched by Grissom. Most of the Mercurys that I have seen were in pretty tough shape after sitting on the ocean floor for roughly 40 years. FWIW, my LB7 dime was used as a plate coin for the most comprehensive history book about Liberty Bell 7.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/SpaceRelated/LibertyBellObv_007.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/SpaceRelated/LibertyBellRev_006a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 2112367, member: 28299"]Yes I do have documentation for the dimes. I do not post the documentation to public forums so that potential scam artists can whomp up something to scam the unwary. Also, I try and get photos of the astronauts, or others, with pieces of my collection if at all possible. Here's a pic of my Liberty Bell 7 dime. All the ones that I have seen are 1961-D's. There are also Mercurys that flew on the spacecraft, but they were smuggled aboard the spacecraft by the technicians that worked on it and were never touched by Grissom. Most of the Mercurys that I have seen were in pretty tough shape after sitting on the ocean floor for roughly 40 years. FWIW, my LB7 dime was used as a plate coin for the most comprehensive history book about Liberty Bell 7. [IMG]http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/SpaceRelated/LibertyBellObv_007.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/SpaceRelated/LibertyBellRev_006a.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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