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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 1058253, member: 9270&quot;]Thought I had a good one, but a second look shot that down.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-WALKING-LIBERTY-HALF-DOLLAR-NGC-PF-65-/130463420664?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item1e6039d0f8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-WALKING-LIBERTY-HALF-DOLLAR-NGC-PF-65-/130463420664?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item1e6039d0f8" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-WALKING-LIBERTY-HALF-DOLLAR-NGC-PF-65-/130463420664?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item1e6039d0f8</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE LESSON</b>:</p><p>When I find a coin I&#039;m interested in I put it on my watch list, then revisit it a day or two later.</p><p>That gives the original excitement time to die down and I can look at it more analytically.</p><p>Took me a few mistakes to learn this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I originally thought this was the coin I was looking for.</p><p>VERY prominent designer&#039;s initials on the reverse.</p><p>But with a second look I spotted:</p><p>- a fingerprint in the 1-2 o&#039;clock area on the obverse</p><p>- what appears to be a VERY nasty vertical linear gouge on Liberty&#039;s leg.</p><p>Good thing I waited.</p><p>I was ready to jump all over this coin when I first saw it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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