1935 is a good year!!

Well, here we are right before Christmas 2014 and I was gonna cool it for a while with my purchases, since I just picked up a nice 42-S rattler & a 41-S OGH both in MS 65 for my date set.

I punched up my normal 'honey-hole' sites and there she was staring me RIGHT in the face. The sharpest MS 65 35-D that I've seen in almost ANY grade and in a 'rattler' with a green bean no less. I was hoping to slip in and get her for around retail (maybe even less? HA!) but WHO was I kidding??!! The day the auction ended---the current bid was rather high and I didn't know what the high bidder's max was, so I threw in a bid just one increment higher than the current bid and fully expected failure but low and behold----I won! I was satisfied, as I paid about 300 above retail, which ain't too bad.

This is a RARE coin in this grade and with this strike. Even at the 66 level----she's a tough coin and NO superb gem 67s are known!!! Meet my newest!!

P.S. I have found myself becoming more and more of a collector who appreciates these old slabs (both PCGS AND NGC)----just as long as the coin inside is nice too. This one is FRESH to the market and has NOT appeared in any major auctions (I have concluded through my research).

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