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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nuMRmatist, post: 3018442, member: 33012&quot;]Thanks hoopster; I&#039;m sure there&#039;s good stuff in there! But after what happened (or DIDN&#039;T happen) with the &#039;89 [NO] P .25, I&#039;m really not enthusiastic about &#039;new stuff&#039;. I&#039;ve told this story here before, but just in case others here didn&#039;t see the post, get your Kleenex ...</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1989, a friend of mine - Gary Gasparini; lived around the corner from me - found the first documented &#039;89 no P Washington. He sent his piece to ANACS or PCGS, or NGC - don&#039;t remember. He and his quarter made front cover full page photo of Numismatic News (or Coin World?) - the coin rag that was like a newspaper; either 10/89, or 11/89.</p><p><br /></p><p>Foreman in Philly right away was offering $25. In a few months, Foreman went to $50, $75, $150, last I saw, for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was in college, working at a laundromat, BETWEEN my house and Gary&#039;s house (175 feet?). Laundromat RUNS ON quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the time Foreman&#039;s offer hit $150 - late the following Spring, I had (still have) 47 of them, real shiny NEW ones - most from rolls, UNC (anyone happen to have that copy with Gary&#039;s quarter front page? ).</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, there was an article on them - mid-&#039;90? Some kind of explanation; then they fell from the radar scope ... into oblivion. Dis-heartening? Discouraging? You have NO idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was talking to Gary one day, a year or so later. He had just gotten his quarter back. I told him how it probably happened, that I got &#039;so many&#039; (more than anyone in the world maybe (but I think I still got nothin&#039;) ).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, as I speculated to Gary, the majority of the batch went from the press in Philly, to FRB &#039;E&#039; in Richmond. From there, to boss&#039;s bank in Greenville NC. Then to yours truly ... dejected <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>And before you think it; NO - I had zero intention of cornering the market on this coin (that you know <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ). Can you imagine having most of the &#039;09 S VDB&#039;s, in 1910? Most of the &#039;16 D Merc&#039;s? &#039;32 D, S Wash&#039;s? 1804 Bust Buck, or &#039;01 Morgan? This wasn&#039;t some pipe dream; I had [have] them in my little paws here...</p><p><br /></p><p>Question NOW is, if Rupert Murdoch, or W R Hearst (I know; he&#039;s toast), or Ted Turner, or even Zuckerberg, started an ad campaign blitz, and price DID go back to $150, WOULD I SELL??? Hmm.........................</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway here hoopster, maybe easy to see why ole&#039; Chuckie can&#039;t easily get TOO excited about a new variety / error / etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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