Just Bob

Both sides appear to be suffering from Deteriorated Die doubling. Closer, or at least clearer, pictures of the motto would be helpful.

Since you asked - AU.

He is also an alt. He was on this forum before, under a different name. Maybe two different names. (It is hard to keep up with all of the name changes/alt accounts sometimes.) There is another guy on here that has had at least three different names.

I think it would be reasonable to assume that the percentage of coins given a particular grade when submitted to NGC would be a close representation of the percentage of your likelihood to receive that same grade. For example, let's take the Roosevelt dime from the above 1981 proof set. Let's assume it is a Type 1, it has no visible marks or hairlines, and it has enough frost on both sides to qualify for the Ultra Cameo designation. (As Coinbuf mentioned, if it does not qualify for the UC designation, it is probably not worth the cost. And if it has any visible defects, it certainly wouldn't grade high enough to be worth it. ) Of the 1,696 coins designated by NGC as PFUC, 7 of them received a grade of PF67, 288 got a 68, 1176 got a 69, and 225 received a grade of PF70. Judging by that, your chances of receiving a 69 are 5 times greater than your chances of receiving a 70. That is obviously not scientific, but it should give you a fair idea of what grades you could expect to receive.

It does not add any value to the coin. It is a common occurrence, that happens during the striking process, and is not considered valuable. It does look interesting, though.

Reading the description of the 1892-O that is graded SP66, there seems to be a lot of conjecture, with words like "possibility" and "there is ample evidence to suggest" being used. I have not done the research that Mr. Burdette, Mr. Lange, Mr.Bowers, and others have done, and am not qualified to pass judgement on the validity/accuracy of the designation. I will say, however, that it is one seriously gorgeous coin, and certainly not typical for the series, from what I have seen. A question for Mr. Lange: Who makes the decision to designate a coin as a "specimen," and what documentation or criteria is used to determine whether a coin receives such a designation?

It looks like strike doubling to me.

I just looked at the first one: 1960 large date cent, NGC MS65RD. Price guide says $20. Most of the ones I found on Ebay completed listings were PCGS, with a few ANACS and NGC. Prices ranged from $10.50 to $19.49, including shipping. There are some for sale right now for $17.49 - $19.50. I doubt you will get $20 for it, but you never know until you try.

The Southern Lumber mill at Hillsdale was established in 1907, and burned in 1922.

In the past,I have posted pictures of a bill-style wooden nickel from the 1941 Clarksdale, MS DeSoto celebration that I purchased several years ago. Tonight, I was looking at exonumia on the 'bay, and found an auction for some more of those, but different denominations. With just over 11 minutes left in the auction, I quickly put it a bid, then sat and watched until it ended. I won. Seller's pics:

At the suggestion of Mr. Lange, I have decided to start a thread listing known websites and individuals who sell counterfeit coins. This is done so that future readers of this forum will have advance warning about this problem. Please add any site or seller that you know to be selling fake coins. I will start with these three: Etsy. While I am sure that there are legitimate coin sellers on this site, it seems that most of the coins I have seen are fakes. '43 copper cents, 44 steel cents, and others are plentiful. To quote from another post: On 6/19/2018 at 8:58 PM, Mohawk said: Please, everyone, when it comes to coins, just stay off of Etsy.......you'll save yourself a lot of trouble!