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Sunday May 31, 2015 Cherrypicks

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  • koinpro
    CONECA Public Relations
    • Nov 2007
    • 467
    #1

    Sunday May 31, 2015 Cherrypicks

    Sunday May 31, 2015 Cherrypicks

    I decided to venture away from home Sunday, something I have not been able to do much of after a surgery I'm slowly recovering from.

    Cherrypickin' was really bad! But I did have a good time seeing old-time friends some going back over 45 years.

    I found a nice 2009 Formative Years Doubled Die Reverse; the one in the Professional Edition of the Red Book refereed to as "Skeleton Finger" or something like that. It is FS-808 and slabbed by ANACS as MS-65 designated with John Wexler's numbers. Apparently it also has a DDO but I did not buy it for that. It was offered to me for $28 but I insisted the seller take $30. It was a nice coin at that price. It's one of the rarest of the nice ones if not the rarest.

    I also found a 1982-P Kennedy half dollar with a half way decent obverse clashed die. I also picked up a copy the the recently released 1500 page Deluxe Edition of the Red Book. What a monstrosity! Nice book!

    I had lunch at the show (hamburger, fries and ginger ale) with an old fried that goes back to the 1960s with me and we talked about coins and the old days.

    Life is good!
    Ken Potter
    CONECA Public Relations
    Member of: CONECA-HLM, ANA-LM, MSNS-HLM, NWDCC, CSNS, NLG, IASAC, Fly-In
    Visit my website: http://koinpro.tripod.com
    Visit CONECA's Website
    Unless otherwise noted, images are by Ken Potter and copyright Ken Potter 2015.

    CONECA Notice: Any individual is encouraged to submit articles, opinions, or any other material beneficial to the numismatic community. Contributions should not be libelous or slanderous; ethics and good taste shall be adhered to. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official CONECA policy or those of its officers. The act of submitting material shall constitute an expressed warranty by the contributor that the material is original; if not, source and permission must be provided.
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  • Jamez
    Administrator
    • Dec 2007
    • 414
    #2
    Nice Pickup Ken. How was the turnout down there? Last couple of times it seemed like the show was slow to me. I might ride the scooter down to next months and check it out again.
    Proud Member: CONECA, TEC, HVNS, NS, ANA

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    • koinpro
      CONECA Public Relations
      • Nov 2007
      • 467
      #3
      Jim,

      It was slow and there were too many way too modern coins. And when I say modern I mean real modern -- States quarters, etc. I was hoping to pick up a little gold piece -- maybe foreign but I just didn't see it.

      The Shield nickel clash seemed to be a counterfeit to me and what the owner thought was a clash looked more like die repair of some sort. But then I'm no expert on Shield nickels -- I just wouldn't have plucked down my money for it.
      Ken Potter
      CONECA Public Relations
      Member of: CONECA-HLM, ANA-LM, MSNS-HLM, NWDCC, CSNS, NLG, IASAC, Fly-In
      Visit my website: http://koinpro.tripod.com
      Visit CONECA's Website
      Unless otherwise noted, images are by Ken Potter and copyright Ken Potter 2015.

      CONECA Notice: Any individual is encouraged to submit articles, opinions, or any other material beneficial to the numismatic community. Contributions should not be libelous or slanderous; ethics and good taste shall be adhered to. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official CONECA policy or those of its officers. The act of submitting material shall constitute an expressed warranty by the contributor that the material is original; if not, source and permission must be provided.

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      • Stachowski
        • Mar 2015
        • 741
        #4
        Ya that is a nice coin Ken, both obverse and reverse have errors, what more can you ask for in a coin ...

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