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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 11876134, member: 10461&quot;]Thanks- I&#039;m flattered. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a great error coin.&nbsp; I opted to have a similar (D/S &amp; O/C) type error in my collection, albeit a lot older and in much lower grade.&nbsp; I find it interesting that this one circulated so much, but I guess a sixpence was a sixpence in those days, and more people would&#039;ve spent it than saved it.&nbsp; In fact, I surmise that many people would have spent it first out of their purse, to be rid of it, precisely <i>because</i> it was mis-struck.&nbsp; I reckon it took a couple of centuries to be appreciated for its oddity.<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/wJVag73KSwayiNHbJUFv_1723-6d-error-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re well ahead of the curve on me with this video stuff, and I like how you&#039;ve put a short commentary beneath each coin.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to do that, but it would take forever in my already-long Eclectic Box posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, yes!&nbsp; I can see why you went for that one!&nbsp; The highest grade Bust half I have owned to date was also an AU55.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/sYHgFCYTayUdYhfLXzOY_h02zawypw6o4.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But I decided I wanted one with pastel colors- more like what you&#039;ve got above-so I sold it, despite the fact it had nice luster.&nbsp; But I never got around to getting another AU.&nbsp; My current type coin is a mere VF30, but I like it for its dove grey toning and the fact that it&#039;s an earlier date.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/b1b83OZ6QCKvieZvOdcJ_1818-50c-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like my Franklins in proof, with CAM or DCAM contrast, but yeah, that one earned its star for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another nice coin that earned its star.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gone for a toned Columbian half because I guess I&#039;m too cheap.&nbsp; The toners seem to fetch big money, compared to how relatively inexpensive Columbian halves seem to be, otherwise.&nbsp; Or maybe I&#039;m just remembering how cheap they were in the past.&nbsp; That happens to me a lot as I get older.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow!&nbsp; That one packs a bang!&nbsp; Congrats on sticking in there and getting it into a straight-graded holder!&nbsp; I would have given up too soon and admitted defeat when they QC-ed it.&nbsp; This has happened to me before with a medieval hammered gold coin.&nbsp; PCGS details-graded it (not for QC but for another issue).&nbsp; Then I gave up on it and sold it, and the next guy resubmitted it raw and got not only a higher (straight) grade on it, but a better TrueView as well!&nbsp; I still gnash my teeth over that one.&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp; Win some, lose some.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh- BTW, I have never owned an Isabella quarter.&nbsp; I shall have to address that someday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whoa, Nellie!&nbsp; Brrr!&nbsp; What a frosty supergem!&nbsp; A <i>white</i> coin with a star label!&nbsp; I can totally see why you went there.&nbsp; And I do like &#039;em white when there&#039;s booming luster like that.&nbsp; (I&#039;ve never owned a TX commem.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For some reason, I can&#039;t quite bring myself to buy a coin that&#039;s toned on one side and not on the other.&nbsp; That&#039;s a silly OCD-ish thing, I guess.&nbsp; The color on that one is certainly impressive.&nbsp; I like how the greens glow like the aurora borealis, and contrast the other colors so well.&nbsp; That one really is like a piece of art.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like those little hints of color on yours.&nbsp; Here is my by-now familiar one.&nbsp; I see we have slightly different birds, there.&nbsp; For some reason, that escaped my notice until now, though I knew they were different varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/jLg31lTmG3aQKkTuGwG1_01-Peacock-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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