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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jloring, post: 1262872, member: 15518&quot;]Here&#039;s what the pre-auction hype had to say about this dime:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Among the six S-Less Proof rarities, the presently offered 1975-S dime has these features:</b></p><ul> <li><b>No example has ever been offered at auction before </b></li> <li><b>It is one of just a handful of great federal coinage rarities that has never before appeared in a public sale (the others are in museums) </b></li> <li><b>It is far and away the rarest United States coin since 1874 (the 1873-CC dime is unique and is thus rarer). </b></li> </ul><p><b><i>This coin is absolutely necessary to complete a collection of Roosevelt dimes.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i></i></b>The article makes for an interesting read, as they were expecting this coin to sell well into the six figure range. Read more here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2011/07/09/1975-s-less-proof-roosevelt-dime-for-auction-by-stacks-bowers-at-ana-worlds-fair-of-money/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2011/07/09/1975-s-less-proof-roosevelt-dime-for-auction-by-stacks-bowers-at-ana-worlds-fair-of-money/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinnews.net/2011/07/09/1975-s-less-proof-roosevelt-dime-for-auction-by-stacks-bowers-at-ana-worlds-fair-of-money/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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