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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2699856, member: 1892&quot;]Baltimore show pickups. First, a clean but circulated 1876H, purchased at a fair price from a dealer I wished to swing some business to. Canadian Large Cents tone much darker, as a general rule, than US IHC&#039;s or Lincolns, and I wanted one of that color in-hand to study. For those unfamiliar, the missing serifs on the obverse are normal for the issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607501[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607502[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next, what I&#039;d characterize as a &quot;low-mid AU&quot; 1910, chosen for the color. The same dealer had a couple other coins I wanted, and one tends to get a better discount when buying more than one coin. Pro tip: if the dealer isn&#039;t willing to discount for cash, move on. I&#039;ve yet to buy a coin at a show at the marked price. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607504[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607505[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, one of the other coins I wanted from that same dealer, a 1916. In-hand, I&#039;m undecided whether His Majesty performed some slight service of commerce to the Dominion; I&#039;m going to go based on the assumption that&#039;s true if only because of the slight reduction in luster. No biggie; I didn&#039;t pay Mint State money for it anyway. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There is another coin from that purchase to be presented, but I&#039;m going to leave that one to the camera of the person for whom it was purchased. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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