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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 8172492, member: 15309&quot;]1943/2-P Jefferson Nickel Raw</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xzVi6pH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dWjIYJl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/tFpXJq3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So my brother and I headed to New Castle Delaware last Friday to attend the 2022 Wilmington Coin Show.&nbsp; As we pulled into the parking lot, I could tell something was wrong.&nbsp; We got out of the car, walked to the door, and saw the sign &quot;Cancelled due to COVID.&quot;&nbsp; The purpose of this trip for me was to drop off a submission to ANACS since they were supposed to have a rep there.&nbsp; Well that was blown, so we talked it over and decided there was no way we were gonna go home, we decided to persevere.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mentioned a local coin shop that I have wanted to go into for years, but never found the time during their operating hours which are strictly 9-5PM on weekdays.&nbsp; We made our way, and walked into a very unimpressive shop with display cases filled with raw, cleaned, 19th &amp; early 20th century coins.&nbsp; Not a graded coin as far as the eye could see.&nbsp; We met the owner named Frank, and my brother asked for the Franklin 2x2 boxes, and I asked for the Jefferson 2x2 boxes, and the search was on.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been looking for a raw 43/2-P to submit for my Homemade war nickel set for years, but let me tell ya, they aren&#039;t easy to find.&nbsp; I am assuming the difficulty in locating one is because Frank has been hoarding them.&nbsp; He had nearly a dozen in different grades, and this one was the highest graded one which he had graded as AU.&nbsp; Well, I have looked at the coin and it appears to be low MS to me.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure why he graded the coin AU, but I wasn&#039;t about to argue with him either.&nbsp; I bought 19 other Jeffersons and he took 10% off my total bill, bringing the price tag of this overdate to $135.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the 20 coin splurge, 11 are being submitted to NGC for grading, including this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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