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Mr. Jaggers

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Apr 9, 2010, 8:45:31 AM4/9/10

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Congratulations on your lucky find of a 37-S Lincoln. Those were not
commonly found even 50 years ago, when I was doing the same thing that you
are doing.

To answer the question you posed in another venue, I am not collecting
Lincolns any more, but am concentrating on "colonials", those (mostly)
copper coins that are shown in the first chapter of the Redbook. My most
recent acquisition is a 1787 Connecticut copper with a spelling error in the
reverse legend! Of course, it was a circulation find, too, heh heh. Got it
in change at the local Walmart. 8>)

I'll post a link to a picture of it later today, but have to run now.

James

Scurvy Dog

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Apr 9, 2010, 9:50:36 AM4/9/10

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"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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PINGing for trolls - how like you James.

Peter

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Apr 9, 2010, 10:36:34 AM4/9/10

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On Apr 9, 9:50 am, "Scurvy Dog" <scurvydogNOSP...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> PINGing for trolls - how like you James.

Two adverse personal remarks in one short line. Repulsive, but clever.

james durham

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Apr 10, 2010, 2:06:28 AM4/10/10

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You did very well for yourself. Sad to see you gave up lincolns. You
must of completed your set. Mine unfortunately will never be complete
but that leaves the fun in hunting. Today alone im finding stuff just 5
out of 25 dollars done and im up 3 sheilds and dozens of 2009 cents. but
its getting late and i got an eye strain headache maybe i should collect
large cents no magnfiier needed. Maybe a better magnifier would help.
either way ill start on the rest tomorrow and post full results by no
later than sunday. signed james the squinty eyed collector

Mr. Jaggers

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Apr 10, 2010, 7:20:03 AM4/10/10

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One can collect large cents by date, but most enthusiasts collect them also
by die variety - that is, the small, individual, and distinct differences in
the dies that were cut to produce them - and that often does indeed require
a magnifying glass. In the 12-year run from 1793 through 1814 alone there
are well over 300 identifiable die pairs, and about a dozen people have
managed to collect them all, one guy having done it twice. Dr. William
Sheldon catalogued them all back in the late 1940s, and some of them exist
only in a few surviving examples. Each of his "S" numbered varieties is
rated in terms
of rarity, from R-1 (over 2000 known) to R-8 (1 to 3 examples known).

James

Scurvy Dog

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Apr 10, 2010, 10:03:02 AM4/10/10

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"james durham" <james_d...@msn.com> wrote in message
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You forgot to write like a retard, Mr. Troll.

Jud

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Apr 10, 2010, 10:31:00 AM4/10/10

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On Apr 10, 10:03 am, "Scurvy Dog" <scurvydogNOSP...@hotmail.com>
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> "james durham" <james_durha...@msn.com> wrote in message
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> You forgot to write like a retard, Mr. Troll.

Ahhhh, but you have succeeded in doing both!

Scurvy Dog

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Apr 10, 2010, 10:45:21 AM4/10/10

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