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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;petro89, post: 1656218, member: 17048&quot;]So I&#039;ve been more or less searching for a 72 Type 2 Ike for a while (despite already having an ANACS graded March dies example in my collection) I&#039;ve really wanted to find one at face value cause thats how I roll :devil:&nbsp; Well...I finally got one!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny thing is that a friend of mine that works at a bank saved me 195 Ikes that a customer recently brought in.&nbsp; I was looking through those and most were bicentennials and 72&#039;s...my thinking was they were probably saved by someone that thought those might be worth something one day or they were looking for a type 2 as well (because literally 40-50% were 72&#039;s).</p><p><br /></p><p>Well there was nothing good there.&nbsp; I even checked the 2 or 3 71D&#039;s for the friendly eagle...no dice.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I go to dump the 195 into the bag I had around 100 Ikes in already that I got maybe a year ago.&nbsp; The plan was to take them to the bank and cash them out for some silver or gold.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I paused and said to myself.. &quot;ummm I don&#039;t think I ever checked the 100 in the bag!&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well I don&#039;t know if I ever did or not, but the 2nd to last coin was a 72.&nbsp; And viola!&nbsp; A type 2!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Low-end AU (and Ike has some schmootz on his nose), but I&#039;ll take it any day!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]242708.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]242709.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]242710.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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