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<p>[QUOTE="John Wright, post: 6586471, member: 107782"][ATTACH=full]1264744[/ATTACH] By your definition, a 'Ming' coin is one bought on spec, not realizing at the time it was something 'special'. That is different from a 'Cherry', which is one whose greatly-over-value was recognized by you when you bought it. My personal favorite 'Ming' coin was the piece below which I bought out of a "Your Choice $7" pile just for the pleasure of trying to figure out what it really is. After several hours of CLOSE, CAREFUL study I finally had the answer -- 1799. That is THE key date for US large cents. Years later I bought from a different dealer a 'weak date' 1799 as a confirmation piece for 300x the price of my 'Ming' piece shown here.[ATTACH=full]1264744[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Wright, post: 6586471, member: 107782"][ATTACH=full]1264744[/ATTACH] By your definition, a 'Ming' coin is one bought on spec, not realizing at the time it was something 'special'. That is different from a 'Cherry', which is one whose greatly-over-value was recognized by you when you bought it. My personal favorite 'Ming' coin was the piece below which I bought out of a "Your Choice $7" pile just for the pleasure of trying to figure out what it really is. After several hours of CLOSE, CAREFUL study I finally had the answer -- 1799. That is THE key date for US large cents. Years later I bought from a different dealer a 'weak date' 1799 as a confirmation piece for 300x the price of my 'Ming' piece shown here.[ATTACH=full]1264744[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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