Just Bob

If you get high enough grades to win back the top spot, will you wait until the last minute to enter them into your set?

The fact that they would have created a new master hub that year to recess the date was what gave me the idea that this might be a trial. But as I said, I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, because you are probably right about trial strikes not being necessary. Someone familiar with mint practices at the time would be better able to answer that question than I am.

I don't want to create false hope, but is there any chance that this could be a uniface hub trial?

I believe there may have been a misunderstanding about what Sandon was saying caused the spot on your coin. Your first picture made it look as though the spot was raised above the surface - a lump, if you will - which would have been the result of a gouge in the die that was used to make your coin. Your response sounded las though you thought he was talking about a gouge in the coin itself. I believe he was talking about a die gouge. A relatively minor issue, but I felt it may be helpful to clear it up for future readers of this thread.

That is way too young. So sad for his family and friends.

My thoughts exactly. Thank you.

Welcome to the forum. As you probably know, the Lincoln cent design was changed in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln cent. Four different reverse designs were used: "Birth & Childhood" featuring a log cabin, "Formative Years" showing Lincoln reading while sitting on a log he apparently had been splitting, "Professional Life" (the design of your coin) showing Lincoln as he was in the state legislature, and "Presidency," featuring the Capitol building with the dome under construction. As is usually the case with new issues, these coins were (and still are) pulled from circulation and put away as keepsakes by the millions. There were over 600 million of the "Professional Life" design minted, and since millions were saved, they are not rare. They are only worth face value unless they are in pristine condition. In coin grading terms, that would be MS65 or better. Yours appear to be lightly circulated, so they are worth one cent.

If I were going to collect store cards, this is exactly the kind of token I would go for. Interesting, ornate, or unusual pictures, designs, or lettering are very appealing and can form a collection that anyone would enjoy viewing.

Defend spam posters all you want. I will continue to call them out. And, no "dues" have to be paid to post here. Membership is free. And seriously, did you even read his post before he edited it and removed the spam?

Go ahead and get a copy of The Standard Catalogue of United States Tokens 1700-1900 by Russel Rulau (Whitman Publishing). If you start collecting and researching store cards, you will eventually need to look up something that isn't in the Fuld book. A 4th edition (2004) will set you back about $200 or so, but you can find a 3rd edition (1991 I think) for around $15. (Yes, $15. That is not a typo.) It has over 1000 pages of pictures and information.

Looks like it was supposed to resemble a Byzantine solidus or similar, but it was probably something sold at one of the tourist traps in Turkey.

Good to see you back on this side of the street.

You can play innocent if you want to, but you intentionally hid a Spam link that was totally unrelated to the subject of the thread, and you knew full well what you were doing. And, what's worse is that it's one of those sites that apparently (I did not click the link ) will write your dissertation for you. How dishonest is that? So, how does that work? Do you get paid every time somebody clicks that link? You don't have to worry about removing it. I'm sure the moderators will take care of that.

Very sneaky! I have to hand it to you, that is the best job of hiding spam in a post that I have seen so far. But, it did not work. You have been reported to the moderators, and you will likely be banned. Bye bye!

Those look like fingerprints. I have a feeling that what Powermad said is correct. You may be able to change the appearance, but I doubt you can get rid of it entirely without severely altering the look and color of the coin. Anything that would completely remove the spots would almost certainly make the coin look unnatural and cleaned.

I have read that there were striking issues due to the design, but the coin had only been in production for a couple of years when this was written. Was there already a plan to replace the Flying Eagle at this time, or was this a new idea being presented by Snowden?

65 I wonder how the TPGs differentiate between planchet scratches and marks that the coin receives after being struck.

But you deleted your entire first post and the pictures of the coins. Now, anyone who wanted to compare them after the fact can't, and anything that future readers could have learned from your post has been removed.

You're right. PCGS is guilty of the same thing. I'm not arguing against CAC coins being worth a premium in the marketplace. I just don't think that should have translated to additional registry points, and I don't think that either grading service should have gone down that particular rabbit hole. It was a lose/lose situation from the beginning, in my opinion. I don't have a registry set with either service, so I don't have a dog in this hunt. I am just offering an outsider's opinion.

In my opinion, they should. In fact, I don't think they should have ever awarded additional points for CAC coins in the first place. That was tantamount to admitting that their grading was not "up to par."

It looks like FS-302 1882/1882, but since you only show the last digit, it is impossible to know for sure. I suggest posting in the US Coins or Newbie section, with clear, cropped pictures of both sides of the coin, and a closer picture of the complete date and the IN GOD WE TRUST motto.

The doubling around the date is a form of deteriorated die doubling that is common to cents minted after 1982. It is more poor quality control than anything else, and adds no numismatic value to the coin. The split in the coating is called Split-plate doubling (imagine that!) and is also the result of the post-1982 cents being made of copper plated zinc. Your coin is worth one cent, so would not be a good candidate for grading. Welcome to the forum.

Ditto. I would add that coin to my collection without hesitation.

I would call it AG, but PCGS probably graded it Good.

Welcome to the forum. I assume the error you are hoping to find is the quarter struck on planchet stock that was intended for the Sacagawea dollar. There were supposedly some of these struck that "escaped" the mint. You will need to have your coin weighed on accurate scales that weigh to at least three decimal places. A normal quarter should weigh between 5.443 and 5.897 grams, with the average being 5.670 grams. A quarter struck on the "experimental" planchet would weigh between 5.9 and 6.3 grams, and would probably be slightly thicker than a normal quarter. Your coin looks like an environmentally damaged piece. I would not get my hopes up.