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Old 11-12-2009, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by barrysloate View Post
I do remember he was among the first to promote graded coins, and I've heard he has some kind of patent on the slabs, but I can't confirm. And the cent on a dime planchet (or vice versa) is a rare error but they are documented in the Red Book. The listed value for one in the 2009 edition is $1500.
So if the "book" value of this coin is $1500, how would we describe the asking price of $10 million? Aggressive? Inflated? Optimistic? Ahead of its time?
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