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<p>[QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3240559, member: 92083"]I acquired it when I saw it listed on a website. I did my research on the error type, what they auctioned for recently, and saw it was nicer than most in the grade that were sold previously. I explained I am not a dealer who is going to flip it, that I do not sell my coins, and he felt comfortable offering it to me for what I asked for.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never found an error coin worth over $25 in my entire lifetime in my change nor anyone else's who let me look through their hoards of coins. The fact that someone finds them in circulation is a miracle. I am convinced a significant portion of Mint state errors of any significance only surface because someone at the Mint acquired them inside the building and walked out the door to a dealer or sent them to a grading company.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3240559, member: 92083"]I acquired it when I saw it listed on a website. I did my research on the error type, what they auctioned for recently, and saw it was nicer than most in the grade that were sold previously. I explained I am not a dealer who is going to flip it, that I do not sell my coins, and he felt comfortable offering it to me for what I asked for. I have never found an error coin worth over $25 in my entire lifetime in my change nor anyone else's who let me look through their hoards of coins. The fact that someone finds them in circulation is a miracle. I am convinced a significant portion of Mint state errors of any significance only surface because someone at the Mint acquired them inside the building and walked out the door to a dealer or sent them to a grading company.[/QUOTE]
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