Ben Cartwright SASS
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What is your favorite single coin found while CRHing, not best box or best roll but the coin that you like the best and will probably keep?
Mine is a 1962 CAMEO proof Franklin half dollar. Finding Proof Franklins is rare to begin with but a Cameo is very rare. As a coin collector I know that there are very few cameo Franklins found and they bring big money.
When this coin was cut out of the proof set it must have been a beauty! This would have been a $70 coin at least. it is still in pretty good shape for having been dumped in a coin machine somewhere.
I keep it on the shelf above my desk with my camera collection (I am a former US Navy Photographer) along with my 1917 Mercury (AU+) and 1915 Canadian Dime (XF+).
I still shake every time I think about finding it and smile every time I look at it!
Did I mention that even getting one in a proof set from a dealer is rare?
Mine is a 1962 CAMEO proof Franklin half dollar. Finding Proof Franklins is rare to begin with but a Cameo is very rare. As a coin collector I know that there are very few cameo Franklins found and they bring big money.
When this coin was cut out of the proof set it must have been a beauty! This would have been a $70 coin at least. it is still in pretty good shape for having been dumped in a coin machine somewhere.
I keep it on the shelf above my desk with my camera collection (I am a former US Navy Photographer) along with my 1917 Mercury (AU+) and 1915 Canadian Dime (XF+).
I still shake every time I think about finding it and smile every time I look at it!
Did I mention that even getting one in a proof set from a dealer is rare?
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