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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 25780550, member: 104064"]My response was directed at the OP but thanks for clarifying yours. I'd never heard of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are a bunch of 1894-S dimes <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-barber-dimes/1894-s-10c-branch-mint-pr66-pcgs-secure-cac-pcgs-4805-/a/1231-5317.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-barber-dimes/1894-s-10c-branch-mint-pr66-pcgs-secure-cac-pcgs-4805-/a/1231-5317.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-barber-dimes/1894-s-10c-branch-mint-pr66-pcgs-secure-cac-pcgs-4805-/a/1231-5317.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515</a> at the bottom under "Additional Appearances" that may or may not be the same as other known imaged examples. Particularly intriguing is:</p><p><br /></p><p>"G. Samuel Rappaport, of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Art Kagin; advertised by Hollinbeck Coin Co. in the October 1952 issue of <i>The Numismatist;</i> Reuter; Abner Kreisberg; Empire Coin Company; mentioned in issue number 2 of <i>Empire Topics</i>, 1958; Pennsylvania estate. <b>Untraced since the late 1950s</b>." </p><p><br /></p><p>I dug up the ad from the Numismatist archives and there's no image or description, just "1894-S PROOF." A later HA blurb says "considered unconfirmed by most numismatists" so who knows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 25780550, member: 104064"]My response was directed at the OP but thanks for clarifying yours. I'd never heard of it. There are a bunch of 1894-S dimes [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-barber-dimes/1894-s-10c-branch-mint-pr66-pcgs-secure-cac-pcgs-4805-/a/1231-5317.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515[/URL] at the bottom under "Additional Appearances" that may or may not be the same as other known imaged examples. Particularly intriguing is: "G. Samuel Rappaport, of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Art Kagin; advertised by Hollinbeck Coin Co. in the October 1952 issue of [I]The Numismatist;[/I] Reuter; Abner Kreisberg; Empire Coin Company; mentioned in issue number 2 of [I]Empire Topics[/I], 1958; Pennsylvania estate. [B]Untraced since the late 1950s[/B]." I dug up the ad from the Numismatist archives and there's no image or description, just "1894-S PROOF." A later HA blurb says "considered unconfirmed by most numismatists" so who knows.[/QUOTE]
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