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Earle42

Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D Your pictures go fuzzy when trying to zoom in on them to see the area in question. SOLUTION: Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed): https://coinauctionshe...

Earle42

See the PM I sent you about the reality of grading companies. A lot of people lose a lot of money to the companies b/c those people have the wrong idea about what the companies are for and what they do.

Earle42

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Sorry but the photos are out of focus. However, from what I can see it looks like it is just post mint damage.

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Try lighting it uniformly and posting more pictures. The shadows are making it hard to see. I went back and looked at the first picture you posted and admit the area looks different to me in that first picture than it does in the closeup.

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See the huge video link you had to scroll down past to make this post? Take it for sa step by step as to how to get your pictures to show up as well as what pictures we will need to help you.

Earle42

I do not have it in hand, so the best I can do is give you what the pictures could be showing, so please do not take the following as being argumentative asi it is meant to share more info from coins we have seen here before as well as experience with ring of death coins in hand. When metal is moved...

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I agree with the idea of using something verifiable for grading. And basing the system upon already graded coins therefore includes the human opinion. Do you have an idea of how many samples Numi is now using to obtain a grade? For example: PCGS_Slab_Grade_Comp_Failure_Opt288 copy.jpg I personally a...

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Try it! You will be surprised.

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Totally agree. If you are going to have a monarch on currency and coins issued throughout the world, then dress them up for all it is worth! Make them stand out from looking like the guy who ushers people into theater seats or takes up the offering in a church service.

Earle42

BTW: Easy focused photos

Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed):
https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/view ... hp?t=23514

Earle42

It is not rare to find some outside of the limits and adds no value. Calibrating the scale may help also.

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Sorry about that I forgot to post the pictures IMG_2068.pngIMG_2070.jpegIMG_2070.jpegIMG_2069.jpegIMG_2067.png We can all get excited over coins :D But you did not take the link or you would have had the photos we require :D As for the doubling: Rather than say yes or no, I want to give you somethi...

Earle42

These are nice. Please do crop though if possible next time or use the following for force focusing and filling the viewfinder: To make it easy next time: Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed): https://co...

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Nice find!

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Nitric acid can do this:

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With the pics provided, it looks like post mint damage we see here often on US coins caused by the circular mark left when a coin roll crimping machine is used ("Ring of Death").

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D I am new to the research and selling/buying part of coins and dollars. I have registered on PCSG & NGC, both require a pricy annual membership fee along with fee's for the research. I will be honest, I wish you had come here before spending all o...

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While I understand the question looking at the pics, I think from the degree of wear I think ony guesses can be made. Possibly even something like a pocket piece someone used to deliberately rub akin to modern fidget spinners or, a bit older, pocket worry stones.

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I know nothing like a 55 DDO is in there b/c he was a collector scrutinizing his coins back then trying to get a complete set from circulation. Although come to think of it, I could not believe it but when going back through the roll of IHCs he put together from those machines I did find a 1908-S he...

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Agreed. But when the economy is tanked deliberately like it has been the past 4 years, it will make people desperate for finding income. So people viewing eBay auctions are wrongly taught that any little oddity a person finds (not knowing the difference between damage and a real error) is going to m...

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I think it will greatly help you to research the term "strike through" at error-ref.com. After reading the description there you should have a better idea of how this cannot possibly be a strike though, but is simply a fingerprint stain on the coin. Whatever was on the finger touching it t...

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We don't need drama and immature attacks on our members here. If you cannot give us what we need to help you, and you get upset about the answers given (and after first having to be told to be courteous enough to read the guidelines so we have enough info to help), then there is no need to continue ...

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Sorry, cannot see the details of the scratch and the date b/c it is out of focus.

Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed):
https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/view ... hp?t=23514

Earle42

1. See the huge video link you had to scroll past to make his post? in that link is a step by step of how to post pictures so we can see the coin. 2. As to doubling on your coin: I want to give you the tools to find out for yourself whenever you suspect you have a doubled die, RPM, or OMM: Please cl...

Earle42

Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here

I agree, possible inconsequential die chip.

Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed):
https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/view ... hp?t=23514

Earle42

Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here

I agree, possible inconsequential die chip.

Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed):
https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/view ... hp?t=23514

Earle42

Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here

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Rather than say yes or no, I want to give you something much more valuable...the tools to find out for yourself whenever you suspect you have a doubled die, RPM, or OMM: Please click the following link: Immediate Answers - How to find your Doubled Die or RPM online Note: If you do not find an EXACT ...

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Great geography lesson as well! Going there online to see it. funny...will the puns never end? Another fun pun: "Fastfood". "Fast" means "almost" in German. You can almost eat it! It's close to food, but not quite! To fast, as you are well aware, means to abstain from f...

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Since Im not attached to the grade and didn't buy it just because it was in a holder would it be a bad idea to remove it and put it in a regular coin sleeve with the rest of my wheaties? There is nothing wrong with cracking a coin out of a slab if this is what you want to do. I know people put an a...

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Great sleuthing Westin!

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D What you have is known as a counterstamped coin. This was done post mint and could have been done by any private individual or group who had access to a set of small number punches or had a punch specifically made. The best we can hope is someone wil...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D Because there were so many varieties made this year, the following will be a bit confusing unless you take some time to really look at it. The Loch Ness image tells you how to determine a 1982 large from small date. The picture of the Pennies shows c...

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I agree. Just glue remnants. The coin was also cleaned in the past.

Go to error-ref.com and look up capped die for a good description and pictures of what an actual capped die error looks like.

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I agree.

There is nothing in the minting process of these coins that could have made reed marks on them. It would be like saying you can buy Pepsi in Coke bottles from the store.

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I like reading your threads on this b/c of the fun you have doing it. Something like this is exactly what the actual coin hobby has always been about. Enjoying the coins and updating for the fun of it. 👍 I have a lot of wheaties by date that were rolled back in the 50s that I need to go through ad c...

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Id did a bit of hunting and found the figure on the front is Ganesha also called Ganesh. His mouse also shown is put there b/c of how Hidi's see mice and humans as similar in many ways, intelligence being one of them. He is put onto tokens that people carry thinking it will bring wealth, remove obst...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D We require REV and OVV pics of a coin in a post. Please remember this for next time :D Sorry but the pic you posted is only showing a coin that has been damaged after it left the mint. This is nothing the hobby would collect/value. Most odd looking c...

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