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Lem E

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    Lem E reacted to R__Rash in Post your 5 cent pieces.   
    Following up on the “crack out” @Lem E post, and response I made to post by @J P M and @Sandon where I stated, in jest, that I had never spent a penny for a nickel, came to an epiphany when seeing the Crack out” post.
    I have not ever paid directly for a nickel but have indirectly purchased nickels in proof and mint sets allowing me to accumulate coins that I really do not collect but have to protect after the crack out from a different type of slab/package.
      hope you all can appreciate this in one way or another. 
    66-67 sms/68 to 97 proofs….

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    Lem E got a reaction from powermad5000 in Post your 5 cent pieces.   
    Here is the other one. 1943 P/P VP-007 / CONECA RPM-004. One of the many RPMs for the Philly 5 cent coins of 43. Repunched northeast of the first punch. This is the 2nd P/P example in my collection with the other being the VP-008.

     
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    Lem E got a reaction from The Neophyte Numismatist in Post your 5 cent pieces.   
    Wouldn’t be my first crack out.  
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    Lem E got a reaction from powermad5000 in Post your 5 cent pieces.   
    This one arrived today. The original intent was to crack this piece out for the Dansco album but the holder is in such nice condition that I can’t bring myself to crack it out. I might have to find a different piece for the Dansco.
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    Lem E got a reaction from powermad5000 in Post your 5 cent pieces.   
    Sent the seller a fairly low offer not thinking I would get it but I did. You never know unless you try right? Looks clean. Seller pics.

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    Lem E got a reaction from VKurtB in My very first "First Discovery" coin has officially been attributed!!!   
    Be nice to see ya around here a little more.  
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    Lem E got a reaction from RonnieR131 in My very first "First Discovery" coin has officially been attributed!!!   
    Be nice to see ya around here a little more.  
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    Lem E got a reaction from RonnieR131 in My very first "First Discovery" coin has officially been attributed!!!   
    Glad to see you my friend. Been a while since I have seen the Squatch. Hope you are doing well. 
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    Lem E got a reaction from rrantique in Post your 5 cent pieces.   
    Here is the other one. 1943 P/P VP-007 / CONECA RPM-004. One of the many RPMs for the Philly 5 cent coins of 43. Repunched northeast of the first punch. This is the 2nd P/P example in my collection with the other being the VP-008.

     
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    Lem E reacted to cobymordet in 1926p Standing Liberty Quarter. . . . or not. . . . ?   
    lol, that is why NEWBIE is directly below my name.  Leap before look.  Thank you for the biting reality check.  I will retire to bed with my cookies and milk.
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    Lem E reacted to powermad5000 in Going through boxes of old stuff   
    Sometimes I like going through my boxes of old stuff because I find things occasionally that I don't remember putting in them. Like this magazine. Wish I could get some of the things in there at those prices nowadays.



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    Lem E reacted to ldhair in For the love of silver   
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    Lem E got a reaction from Mike Meenderink in Post your most recent acquisition: US   
    Now cracked out and in the Dansco.
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    Lem E reacted to ldhair in For the love of copper   
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    Lem E reacted to Sandon in For the love of copper   
    1958 proof Lincoln cent, NGC graded PF 68 RD. (The hairline scratches are on the holder, not the coin):


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    Lem E reacted to Mr_Spud in Follow the lead picture post.   
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    Lem E reacted to The Neophyte Numismatist in amzing wild wheat cent.opinions please...   
    Like all things that live an amazingly wild life, they look amazingly rough.
    Keith Richards. Rough. Axl Rose. Rough Your Coin. Rough Unlike rockstars, coins lose their value when they live an amazingly wild life.  As such, your coin is now worth its weight in copper.  No numismatic value.
    Edit note:  I looked at your other posts and they are all the same; damaged coins that you think are errors.  If you are new to coins, I suggest you give up on starting with errors.  Your collection will be littered with trash, you will get frustrated and give up.  Concurrently, you will frustrate the network of savvy collectors who are willing to help you with repeated variations of the same question.  Pick a series - learn the issues of that series, wear patterns, what they look like graded (even if you are collecting from circulation).  Train your eyes.
    If you are not new to coins - knock it off.
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    Lem E reacted to GBrad in Die crack or planchette blister?   
    Two totally different things here Rykel.  Plate blistering (or blistered plating... tomato/tomaaato) is basically a chemical reaction underneath the minuscule micron layer of copper platting that coats the zinc core of the Cent.    A die crack is considered a die event which is completely different and has no relation to, nor would it create, blistered plating.  I like your train of thought though in thinking "outside the box". 
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    Lem E reacted to Coinbuf in For the love of copper   
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    Lem E reacted to Sandon in Follow the lead picture post.   
    1811/09 Capped Bust dime, NGC graded VF 30. A scarce issue.


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    Lem E got a reaction from rrantique in Follow the lead picture post.   
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    Lem E got a reaction from zadok in Die crack or planchette blister?   
    IMO it’s too straight to be a die crack. Not saying it can’t happen, but usually a crack will follow the profile of something along its way and veer one way or another or hit a gap and stop. I do see sections that look like cracks and some that look smooth and bubbled. I say plating issue given the year of the coin and the issues they had with plating during that time. Still have them now. May be a combination of both. 
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    Lem E got a reaction from GBrad in My very first "First Discovery" coin has officially been attributed!!!   
    Be nice to see ya around here a little more.  
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    Lem E got a reaction from Rykel in Die crack or planchette blister?   
    IMO it’s too straight to be a die crack. Not saying it can’t happen, but usually a crack will follow the profile of something along its way and veer one way or another or hit a gap and stop. I do see sections that look like cracks and some that look smooth and bubbled. I say plating issue given the year of the coin and the issues they had with plating during that time. Still have them now. May be a combination of both. 
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    Lem E got a reaction from Hoghead515 in My very first "First Discovery" coin has officially been attributed!!!   
    Be nice to see ya around here a little more.