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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26073744, member: 101855"]Let's go back to the beginning. I bought this piece from a bidwall auction in Boston many years ago. The owner told me he put it up with a starting bid of $1,250 because the owner had paid $125 for it a couple decades before. I had to take it a bit over the opening bid to get it. It's now in a PCGS AU-50 holder. I thought it would get an EF-45.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1805 is my avatar. It got me hooked on high grade early U.S. coins when I got my first job out of college in the early 1970s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660610[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When I assembled a 1913 Proof set, I thought about selling this Proof Barber Dime, but I liked it so much that I kept it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660611[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This 1913 dime is graded PR-66, but it's darkly toned.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1660612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26073744, member: 101855"]Let's go back to the beginning. I bought this piece from a bidwall auction in Boston many years ago. The owner told me he put it up with a starting bid of $1,250 because the owner had paid $125 for it a couple decades before. I had to take it a bit over the opening bid to get it. It's now in a PCGS AU-50 holder. I thought it would get an EF-45. [ATTACH=full]1660609[/ATTACH] This 1805 is my avatar. It got me hooked on high grade early U.S. coins when I got my first job out of college in the early 1970s. [ATTACH=full]1660610[/ATTACH] When I assembled a 1913 Proof set, I thought about selling this Proof Barber Dime, but I liked it so much that I kept it. [ATTACH=full]1660611[/ATTACH] This 1913 dime is graded PR-66, but it's darkly toned. [ATTACH=full]1660612[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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