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<p>[QUOTE="eddiesworld65, post: 897373, member: 24224"]THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INFO AND GREAT PICTURES!!!!!!!!!</p><p> </p><p>Last week I purchased a BU 1916 penny for $25 at a local flea market from a dealer. It had $110 marked on it crossed out and $35 in red. I looked at it and went on my way. About 2 hours later I went back and chatted with the dealer (seen him around for years and bought from him a quite a bit years ago) & looked at the coin again. He made a joke about me starting a early BU set and wished me luck and said he could do $25 for it. He also made the commented that the comet cleaner he used on it worked (yeah, he's a part time comedian but in a good way; he really is good guy). </p><p> I looked at it a couple of days later and thought it looked kind of funny, matte like but not cleaned in any way. Also, Lincolns beard has more detail in it than any other Lincoln I own so I went to goggle to find a pic of it which led me to this post and to my UTTER SHOCK mine is a matte proof!!!! This is by far my best coin find ever!!</p><p>The moral to the story is there really are stray rare coins out there, just keep your eyes open and take a chance, it may pay off!</p><p>FYI: The coin is not for sale, it is even cooler than my 09s vdb and 22 no D combined & will be slabbed. I will post a pic when I can get a good enough one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiesworld65, post: 897373, member: 24224"]THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INFO AND GREAT PICTURES!!!!!!!!! Last week I purchased a BU 1916 penny for $25 at a local flea market from a dealer. It had $110 marked on it crossed out and $35 in red. I looked at it and went on my way. About 2 hours later I went back and chatted with the dealer (seen him around for years and bought from him a quite a bit years ago) & looked at the coin again. He made a joke about me starting a early BU set and wished me luck and said he could do $25 for it. He also made the commented that the comet cleaner he used on it worked (yeah, he's a part time comedian but in a good way; he really is good guy). I looked at it a couple of days later and thought it looked kind of funny, matte like but not cleaned in any way. Also, Lincolns beard has more detail in it than any other Lincoln I own so I went to goggle to find a pic of it which led me to this post and to my UTTER SHOCK mine is a matte proof!!!! This is by far my best coin find ever!! The moral to the story is there really are stray rare coins out there, just keep your eyes open and take a chance, it may pay off! FYI: The coin is not for sale, it is even cooler than my 09s vdb and 22 no D combined & will be slabbed. I will post a pic when I can get a good enough one.[/QUOTE]
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