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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;alassnsane, post: 1186097, member: 31154&quot;]Thank you for your thoughtful reply, Collector1966.</p><p><br /></p><p>My grandfather, who amassed the collection of coins in which this particular one was discovered, owned a five and dime store during the thirties and through the late forties. My mother would help out there after school and recalls that whenever he discovered an interesting coin, or one in especially good condition, he would drop it into a certain ceramic jug - like many, you might say he was a particularly casual collector. When the store closed, this jug, along with the excess shop inventory, was stored in my grandparent&#039;s attic and remained there until his death in the 70s. When going through his effects my mother re-discovered this cache of coins and then placed them in a safe deposit box for safekeeping...they remained there for the past 40 years or so, up until very recently. </p><p><br /></p><p>While these facts don&#039;t rule out the possibility that shaving, or some other sort of PMD, may have occurred back in the forties it completely fails to offer any reasonable explanation for how the luster was since restored...someone would have had to plan and execute the doctoring sometime between 1943 and 1949 and if they had expended so much effort why then spend this coin at the neighborhood five and dime? Do you see what I&#039;m getting at?</p><p><br /></p><p>Because of the coin&#039;s history I believe that the odds of it being an actual doctored coin are slim to nil...so, I guess we&#039;re back where we started...but I really do appreciate your taking the time to offer a considered opinion. While I still have no idea whether this coin possesses any real value I&#039;ll admit I&#039;ve grown quite curious about its mysterious origins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. I&#039;ll admit that I likely have as good a reason as any to attempt a fake error coin at the moment, but I assure you, I haven&#039;t been up to anything fishy...lol just thought I&#039;d put that out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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