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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7502075, member: 101855&quot;]The early half dimes have fascinated me for many years. That collector enthusiasm has led me to make some less than judicious purchases through the years, especially for the 1796 half dimes. Sometimes I have bought some coins that I should not have purchased. Here a couple of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are couple of my less than judicious purchases. This coin has a couple bite marks on it which resulted in a “body bag” or “no grade” about 20 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296366[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This poor little coin somehow received a straight grade from PCGS. It was improperly dipped and not fully rinsed off which resulted in the ugly toning. PCGS called it a VF-30.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296367[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes it&#039;s hard to figure out what goes through the TPG&#039;s grader&#039;s minds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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