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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3252737, member: 10461"]I found this in a bulk bag of Wheat cents in 2006. There was a gob of dirt covering the mintmark. I was happy enough to find a 1914 cent with that kind of detail in a bulk bag, but when I noticed the little bit of crud under the date, I wondered what had made it stick there. So I got a toothpick out and gingerly removed the crud. <i>Eureka!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It was like 1:00 in the morning, as I recall, and my wife was sleeping nearby. My involuntary shout of excitement awakened her.</p><p><br /></p><p>I de-cruddified the rest of the coin with a gentle Vaseline rub, sent it off to PCGS, and the rest is history. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/11698517" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/11698517" rel="nofollow">It graded XF40</a>. Cha-ching! I made nearly $700.00 on that $0.03 investment. Wish I could do that once a month, or year, even. Wouldn't <i>that</i> be something?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/11698517_Large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3252737, member: 10461"]I found this in a bulk bag of Wheat cents in 2006. There was a gob of dirt covering the mintmark. I was happy enough to find a 1914 cent with that kind of detail in a bulk bag, but when I noticed the little bit of crud under the date, I wondered what had made it stick there. So I got a toothpick out and gingerly removed the crud. [I]Eureka![/I] It was like 1:00 in the morning, as I recall, and my wife was sleeping nearby. My involuntary shout of excitement awakened her. I de-cruddified the rest of the coin with a gentle Vaseline rub, sent it off to PCGS, and the rest is history. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/11698517']It graded XF40[/URL]. Cha-ching! I made nearly $700.00 on that $0.03 investment. Wish I could do that once a month, or year, even. Wouldn't [I]that[/I] be something? [IMG]http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/11698517_Large.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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