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Also picked this dime up :

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Thanks for the kind comments, Fishfinder and Chris.

I found this raw quarter by accident today on eBay

and was the winning bidder. I see no hair lines and

there is the faintest rub and feel that this will holder

as an AU 58 .

This date was on my "Upgrade List" as I'd like the

set in AU 58 - and occasionally a MS 64 if there are

no AU 58's available.

Comments invited and appreciated.

. Newest addition and a tough series to locate in AU 58...

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A few newer halves:

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An upgrade for the 1900-S Quarter -

PCGS MS 64

I recently sold off some duplicates and have wanted to upgrade

some of my quarters. Here's one I have coveted for some time;

I should have it in hand within a week.

1901-O PCGS 64 [ CAC ].

Recently added a nice AU 58 dime

from an eBay seller. I was a little

hesitant because of the color but

the coin arrived yesterday and its

nowhere as dark as the seller's images.

As as matter of fact - its quite a stunning

little coin. Also - I got it for "short money" too !

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Thanks, Bob.

It was an honor and a priviledge to have been his Son.

He enjoyed my collection more than I do, I think.

He could spend hours at the bank in complete solitude

with his 5X and admire each and every coin. Every so

often I'd bring home one of the sets so he could take his

time viewing them. Coming home from work, I'd hear...

" ... did you notice the star to the right of the date wasn't

as well struck as the others ? "...or some such critque;

all I could do is laugh.

Anyhow - as no one else in my family cares for coins -

and most just think I'm nuts to spend more than ten bucks

on anything. As a result, I have been treating this Forum as

my personal " Show & Tell ".

I hope I'm not offending anyone by the number of posts and

images.

Her'e an upgrade to my 1916-P Quarter :

Since my last post of Tuesday, October 28th

I lost my greatest supporter, my Dad.

He had a full and long life, and he's sorely missed.

My only solice is that he didn't suffer and passed

away in his sleep on Wednesday, October 29th.

He and I spent the day together on his 91st birthday,

Monday, October 27th. While he was with me,

he inquired what new coins I had located for the

collection; I showed him the NEWPS that I've

imaged in the previous posts.

His inquiry was - what no dimes and only one

new quarter ? We then went on line and I browsed

Heritage's upcoming internet auctions. There were

quite a few dimes - none of which grabbed me - and

one quarter I have had great difficulty locating in AU 58:

the 1906-D.

All Dad said was buy it. I threw in a bid and then forgot

about it until last night. I won the coin. Here's that coin:

Squared rims - and a needle point strike = Proof - and very well be a Cameo to boot.

Very nice coin - thanks for sharing it with us.

Newest addition to the Quarter collection:

Newest Addition to the Whitman Raw album:

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The previous 1893-O in PCGS VF 35 was returned to the

seller as we couldn't agree on the price. Sorry to say.

However, I located another, but, in an XF 40 PCGS holder

for less money than the VF 35 PCGS.

Looks MS 61 - 62 because of the slide marks accross the face.

I'm no expert in the AT / NT debate - but the coin looks NT to me.

Send it in for certification - it can't hurt.

Funny - " Barber Shop " - I guess I could, couldn't I ?

Can't usually locate these and although

I already have a nice PCGS VG 10 in my

Whitman album, I couldn't resist this one:

PCGS VF 35

Another find - PCGS AU 50 - and scheduled

to be disentombed once I get the Whitman

out of the SDB's:

Just picked this Dime up which I hope to

cross as ANACS graded it: AU 58:

Fishfinder,

Nice Pan-Pac, its one of the nicer designs of the early commems, IMHO.

The 1893-O Quarter looks very nice and I love the toning;

the image has a bright patch at the neck, I assume that's

caused by the lighting.

Thanks again for posting it.

Here's my 93-O, PCGS AU 58 :