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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2572807, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>United States: proof copper-nickel 3-cent piece, Liberty head type, 1888</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-3cN-1888-057500-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-3cN-1888-prf-057500-slab.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> Liberty head left, wearing coronet.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> Roman numeral III within olive wreath.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Philadelphia mint; 4,582 proofs struck. PCGS PR65 CAM, cert. #26166713. Ex-Pinnacle Rarities, Inc, 11/12/2015.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I already had a nice enough PCGS PR64 nickel 3-cent piece in my collection, but in the process of selling some other things, I found I had enough money to purchase this one as an upgrade, so I could then sell the previous coin and recoup some of the money. Pinnacle Rarities&#039; inventory and service had impressed me more than a decade before when they sent me a very nice proof Seated half on approval. But I ended up not buying that coin- it was lovely but was (and still would be) in a league I really had no business playing in on my budget. So I was happy to finally consummate a (smaller) deal with Pinnacle all this time later.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I loved the look of this coin not only for its Cameo contrast but the pastel toning as well. There is a tiny hairline to the left of the word &quot;OF&quot; at twelve o&#039;clock on the obverse, but this must have been exaggerated a bit by the lighting in the photos. In hand, it is much more subtle and I couldn&#039;t really even see it until I had the coin under a 7x loupe. The existing photographs were made through the plastic slab. Perhaps one day I will submit this for reimaging and reholdering through the PCGS TrueView service.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-3cN-1888-057500-coin-lg.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-3cN-1888-057500-coin-lg.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger image</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/26166713" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/cert/26166713" rel="nofollow">PCGS cert verification page</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/83785/65" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/83785/65" rel="nofollow">PCGS Coinfacts page</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDetail.aspx?MS=1&amp;PR=1&amp;c=671#s83785" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGuideDetail.aspx?MS=1&amp;PR=1&amp;c=671#s83785" rel="nofollow">PCGS priceguide trends</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/3ncntpr/prices61.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismedia.com/fmv/pricesms/3ncntpr/prices61.shtml" rel="nofollow">Numismedia priceguide trends</a> (no CAM/DCAM prices)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_piece_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">Three-cent piece (United States coin)</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">&quot;Eclectic Box of 20&quot; collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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