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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4407872, member: 84179"][USER=111953]@Douglas armstrong[/USER]</p><p>Please post pictures. There are so many ways for coins to be damaged and your story doesn't quite add up. I think the Mint did waffle coins returned through ttheir damaged coin redemption program but am not certain. These coins were sold for scrap. If you found your coin in circulation, it is very unlikely that it was Mint canceled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint waffling is very distintive, so it should be easy to tell from cropped, focused pics of the obverse and reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "trust me, I know it's real" does not carry any weight unless you can back it up. How long have you been collecting? What areas do you specialize in?What is your experience with Errors and Varieties? Do you have detailed knowledge of the minting process? See where I'm going. Anybody can say anything on this site (I can't find my video of Bigfoot having lunch with Aliens but trust me, I saw it). So without pics, members are skeptical. "Trust me", with no pics after a few days and multiple posts starts pushing you into the troll status. </p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming you're a new collector and not someone trolling, you NEED to post pics. If not...well, you'll end up on a lot of Ignore lists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4407872, member: 84179"][USER=111953]@Douglas armstrong[/USER] Please post pictures. There are so many ways for coins to be damaged and your story doesn't quite add up. I think the Mint did waffle coins returned through ttheir damaged coin redemption program but am not certain. These coins were sold for scrap. If you found your coin in circulation, it is very unlikely that it was Mint canceled. Mint waffling is very distintive, so it should be easy to tell from cropped, focused pics of the obverse and reverse. The "trust me, I know it's real" does not carry any weight unless you can back it up. How long have you been collecting? What areas do you specialize in?What is your experience with Errors and Varieties? Do you have detailed knowledge of the minting process? See where I'm going. Anybody can say anything on this site (I can't find my video of Bigfoot having lunch with Aliens but trust me, I saw it). So without pics, members are skeptical. "Trust me", with no pics after a few days and multiple posts starts pushing you into the troll status. Assuming you're a new collector and not someone trolling, you NEED to post pics. If not...well, you'll end up on a lot of Ignore lists. Hope this helps[/QUOTE]
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