Some Uncommon Commons

By Dante Di Midio; posted September 15, 2018

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I have been collecting pieces that caught my eye and N.E.G.M Co since 2007 and attended my first show in 2008. These are the pieces it took me a long time to find despite them all being worth less than $30. One of my early purchases was a hemi blue CD 252 no 62 cable with sharp drip points. Naturally I though it would be cool to have the version with round drips in ice blue. Finding one of those was tough 1893 on a piece with rdp in ice blue is a weird combo.

Up next is an ice blue hemi 205 with round drips. Found one, sold it to a collector for his Springfield display. Then I found another one two years later with the hemi blue version in a collection locked since the 1980s.

Lastly, the piece that took me from the time the 07 guide came out until 2015 to find drum roll please.... an aqua CD 251 N.E.G.M f-skirt N.E.G.M. Co r-skirt patent June 17th 1890 smooth base no mold line over base. The mold was pretty worn out on this one and the embossing weaker than usual. This is the mold I believe ended up at Lynchburg before it was finally re-engraved. Yes there's a Lynchburg cable with N.E.G.M. blotted out. Not everyone knows it and yet those are way more common.

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