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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26532192, member: 10461&quot;]If you&#039;re talking about something that was <i>purchased</i> way back (and not just something <i>minted </i>way back when), then this is the longest-held coin in my current collection.&nbsp; I bought it in 2003 and paid $300 for it, as I recall.&nbsp; (Just the <i>melt</i> value is $495-ish at present.)&nbsp; It is a 1901 British half-sovereign pedigreed to the Dr. Jacob Terner Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/01-frame-jpg.1686590/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 49 years, my collection has been completely purged and restarted a few times, which is why this, my longest-held coin, is one I&#039;ve had only since 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when I say that&#039;s the longest-held coin in my collection, I&#039;m not counting two raw coins that I have left over from my childhood collections.&nbsp; There is a 1936 Mercury dime (found November 25, 1976) that started me collecting, and an 1827 Bust half (which I got for my 11th birthday on December 28, 1976).&nbsp; I still have both of those... somewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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