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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ronnie58, post: 2966097, member: 90698&quot;]I see it there on eBay with the $10 starting bid.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Note that the vast majority for sale are proofs.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Of the three that I see that claim to be business strikes, two have the die crack on the reverse.&nbsp; The explanation that PCGS gives is that the mint state run was likely done with the same dies after the proofs were struck, with the die crack showing up gradually.&nbsp; In fact the one expensive mint state example offered by David Lawrence Rare Coins has the crack just starting.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; But the other diagnostics that separate proofs from MS would be needed to I.d. early pre-die crack MS&#039;s.</p><p>&nbsp; One caveat - this coin you are considering comes from the same Ohio town where resides an eBay vendor that recently had a red flag waved for oiling their coins.&nbsp; So be careful if the bidding goes higher than the proof value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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