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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4311282, member: 19165&quot;]But it&#039;s not the one you&#039;re expecting!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve wanted one of these for a while. The 1996W Dime was released in mint sets as a special bonus, and helped make the 1996 mint set one of the most popular in a long time. (The mint was using clever marketing techniques even decades ago). Unlike the more recent quarter, these were not released into circulation. It is expected that there is a very high survival rate from the original 1.45 million produced. This is the lowest mintage non-proof Roosevelt in the entire series. All of this has combined to make the 1996W dime one of the most popular modern US coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>On top of all that... a very small percentage of these are found with prooflike surfaces. There have been 6714 graded by NGC. About 1% of these are designated as PL. Of those, only 11 have been graded as FT PL. The highest of these is 67 FT PL - so of course that&#039;s what I needed! </p><p><br /></p><p>I saw a good sale on Ebay, and combined with an Ebay Bucks promotion I pulled the trigger and added this NGC MS-67 FT PL to my collection. The surfaces are very PL, bordering on DPL but not quite. This is my first W mint coin, and I&#039;m very pleased to call it mine!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1096383[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1096384[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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