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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25783071, member: 101855&quot;][ATTACH=full]1645778[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It took me many years to find an example of this type that I really liked. This piece is graded PCGS MS-65, CAC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back in early 1960s, the retail price for this coin in Gem Uncirculated was $23.50. I asked the department head at the Phildelphia Gimbels coin counter if they could get one. The response was &quot;It&#039;s tough to find in that grade.&quot; Ultimately I bought an AU for $16 which wasn&#039;t everything I wanted.</p><p><br /></p><p>To put the $23.50 price into perspective, it would be $239 in today&#039;s dollars. Still given the fact that these coins sell a few thousand dollars in MS-65 today, you would still be way ahead of the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are hard to find fully struck up. The dies are often clashed or failing to one degree or another. There was simply too much detail in a very small space.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years, I had several of the coins for the type. Here are a couple of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1645779[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1645780[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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