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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Omegaraptor, post: 2980405, member: 76105&quot;]It arrived!</p><p><br /></p><p>Aaand...</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s a gripped edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that I’m complaining. 1797 is still a better date for large cents. S-121b is still an R-3 - an NGC AG-3 sold at auction in 2015 for $142.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though it’s interesting how the seller thought the large cent was dateless without noticing the grip marks on the edge - seen on one and only one date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still a good find for only $28! This brings my EAC collection to two coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]733279[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I’ll join the EAC club sometime. Even though it wasn’t the rarity it could have been, the thrill of cherrypicking was still exciting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not to mention this history behind this coin - the US mint in its infancy tried this as an experiment, didn&#039;t like it, and abandoned it. This is the remnant of that experiment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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