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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe Campbell, post: 4069596, member: 89857&quot;]To make a short story long, I made an interesting purchase this weekend on the &#039;bay.&nbsp; For some reason I find die clashes and die cracks really appealing.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s imperfection in the process, maybe it&#039;s something else, I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Either way I think they&#039;re neat.&nbsp; That should set me up to be a 3c Nickel and Shield nickel collector.&nbsp; However, in a weird twist of fate I&#039;m only mildly fond of the 3c nickel&#039;s and am not at all a fan of shield nickels.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also, also never done a &#039;buy-it-now&#039; or submitted an offer to buy a coin, apart from just open bidding.&nbsp; So this weekend I was perusing my normal searches and saw a shield nickel listed for $25 + some shipping.&nbsp; It&#039;s a circulated 1867.&nbsp; The obverse die is completely smashed, cracks everywhere.&nbsp; Oddly, I prefer &#039;used&#039; coins to uncirculated, it seems to add to the appeal that at some point the coin served it&#039;s intended purpose, legitimizing it as an item worth collecting.&nbsp; So.... this one had the look.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I submitted an offer less than the $25 but certainly higher than fair market, seller counter $2 higher and I took it.&nbsp; Coin arrived yesterday and overall I&#039;m really pleased.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts on the coins are greatly appreciated.&nbsp; Specifically on the shield there are some horizontal marks (the close up photo) that I assume are maybe front mint polishing out clashes or cracks or something else?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking.&nbsp; Finally, apologies that a trained chimp could take better pictures.[ATTACH=full]1063673[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1063674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1063675[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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