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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1527782, member: 66&quot;]Looks good.&nbsp; Nice coin, just wear, no damage, and it&#039;s real.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t bid in the Heritage sale but I did win one from the Goldberg Pre-Long Beach sale.&nbsp; I paid high for it but I really wanted this coin</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/70jpegs/199701.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/70jpegs/199701N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t a spectacular coin, it isn&#039;t even a particularly rare coin (although I think it is a very tough R-4), and it isn&#039;t even a particularly nice coin, but it is noteworthy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dan Holmes built a fine collection and it was historical as being the most complete set of large cents ever assembled.&nbsp; Dan was the 12th person to ever assemble a complete set of the Sheldon numbered varieties, and all but one of the NC varieties.&nbsp; With every collection there has to be a last coin that completes the collection.&nbsp; This was that coin for the Dan Holmes collection, the coin that finished the greatest early date set ever.&nbsp; Being low grade, in Dan&#039;s sale it was estimated at $50.&nbsp; I bid $300 and lost as the underbidder.&nbsp; I thought I&#039;d never see it again but it showed up in the Goldberg sale estimate at $80.&nbsp; This time I got it for $384.&nbsp; (Obviously I&#039;m not the only one who appreciates the story.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just discovered that it looks like I may have won a second lot. (I thought I had lost it)&nbsp; Not a early cent this time but a Conder token.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/70jpegs/202108.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/70jpegs/202108N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first Genuine Trade Token I&#039;ve been able to add to my set for some time.&nbsp; D&amp;H lists it as Rare, and Dr Srriro so far does not have one and so does not list any as having been offered in the past 25 years.&nbsp; (Until he acquires a token he doesn&#039;t publish his records of how many have appeared for sale.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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