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@juris klavins- Now you're cookin' with grease!! 63?!?! Nice!

 

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Maybe there is a pin soldered on the back to it to make a brooch.

 

Ouch! Now that would have hurt me.

 

Back to the fun. This one could use some upgrading, some day.

 

Just a crappy overgraded pcgs late date

 

Very nice @Santinidollar! The luster on my Mercs starts in the 40's!

 

Thanks! I’ve always thought it was good luck to nail that one.

 

Oh yes!

 

My proof with no split bands.

 

As I was looking at this coin in the pawn shop, the D fell off the coin.
The owner gave me the coin, tried to find the MM but it had either gone under the display case, or buried itself in the rug.

 

@Pickin and Grinin- Really??? That's a great story!! Before I read what you wrote, I scrolled down to see the coin and said; what the heck is this??

 

It would have been better if we could have found the MM, but after about 10 minutes we gave up.

 

That's to funny... Lost the Mint Mark! Did the owner know what he had or that it was a glued on MM before it fell off?

 

This was a few years ago. The kid bought the shop from his uncle. He didn't know anything about coins. I wanted the MM to see how it was attached, judging by the size of the shiny area. I would imagine someone tried to solder it.

 

Very interesting!!

You mention kid and shop. Sorry to get off topic here for a second but I gotta tell you guys this story. My wife and I were in Vegas several years ago. We were walking around, off the main strip, at a strip mall, window shopping at all the junk. She went into one of the shops to look around. I notice a coin shop a few doors down. I told her I was going to the coin shop and I'll meet up with her later.

The owner (I think it was the owner) greeted me. I was always in the market for a St Gaudens Double Eagle. The most beautiful coin IMO. I still don't have one.

I just wanted to see one up close. The guy brought out three and put them on the counter. We were talking about them. Just then, he got a phone call and had to leave. He asked a kid (a coworker, I say kid; he was probably in his 30's) to help me. The owner left. This kid came over to help me. He asked; how much I wanted for them??

I looked at him, I looked around (there was no one there) and yes, it crossed my mind for a split second. Do I say; no thank you and take the coins or take the money?? I paused for more then several seconds!

I looked at this kid over the top of my grasses and said; these coins aren't mine, they're yours! He almost past out!! He knew I just saved him several thousand dollars!! And that's the way it was traveling west!!

 

Wow! It would have crossed my mind too. Tempting!

Raw proof.