looks like a proof to me

Could be a mechanical error, do you have a photo of the rev?

Totally a mislabel.  Looks like an UC proof from this pic. :-)

YEP!!  -- Probably PF68CAMEO and wrong print button was selected. 

Hope you didn't pay a boatload of cash for that. 

Buy the coin --- NOT the label. 

No, this is not my coin, it is in a competitors set getting THOUSANDS of registry points.... (See "100 Greatest US Modern Coins").

It is one of the obstacles in my long running attempt to obtain the number one set.  Do I have any recourse...or is it up to the owner to be honest and report the mislabeling?

Coinbuf....the reverse is also obviously proof.  

That S to the right of the hair stands for San Francisco.

Yes,. it is certainly mislabeled. So obvious a mistake by NGC should leave them on the hook for the price difference between a 1976 in MS68 and a 1976-S in PF68 cameo...

It is clearly a mechanical error (something a 6th grader with a redbook could figure out) and the original submitter should have caught it and returned for correction.

On 12/17/2020 at 6:23 AM, Legionary1 said:

Yes,. it is certainly mislabeled. So obvious a mistake by NGC should leave them on the hook for the price difference between a 1976 in MS68 and a 1976-S in PF68 cameo...

I believe that applies to coins that are over graded, and not to labeling errors, which this obviously is.

On 12/15/2020 at 8:31 AM, Cellgazer said:

No, this is not my coin, it is in a competitors set getting THOUSANDS of registry points.... (See "100 Greatest US Modern Coins").

It is one of the obstacles in my long running attempt to obtain the number one set.  Do I have any recourse...or is it up to the owner to be honest and report the mislabeling?

Coinbuf....the reverse is also obviously proof.  

 

 

If the owner has it included in his #1 Registry set, he should remove it from the set.  I guess he could keep it or send it back to NGC for correction, but scoring Registry points for it is flagrant cheating.  
 

Labeling errors happen. I once bought what was described and labeled as a 1952-S FBL Franklin, based on a good price and some fuzzy photos.  When it arrived, it was a 1952-D with a 1952-S label.  I returned it to the seller.  

I hate to be the one who challenges his coin...I was hoping NGC would intervene but I have not heard back from them.