Just Bob

1 hour ago, Greenstang said:

Seeing that it is copper, it can't be a 1987. A 1981 has no tail at the top so that is eliminated.

  it looks to me to  be 1982 Large Date that has been pushed over.

Sounds plausible to me.

All right!! Very cool.!! Glad it turned out to be silver!

For the benefit of future readers of this forum, can you go back to your earlier post and post the results? That will keep someone who reads your post years from now from wondering how it turned out 

It is a nice looking coin, but it would have to grade at least MS68 to make it worth sending in, and it has too many hits and spots to grade that high. I would just enjoy it as is.

Since most of us like to read our words right side up, and prefer not to have to turn our laptops, monitors, CRTs, etc, on their sides, it sure would be helpful if the pictures were oriented correctly.

Now, as for the coin, I don't see hub doubling. I see what appears to be some die deterioration on the obverse, and some letters in STATES that are not fully struck.

Not bad, for a 40+ year old coin

It looks like a plating bubble. I assume that is also what is going on next to his mouth, on the obverse, as well.

I am very sorry. My condolences to you, and to the family.

I added a few more dancers to the chorus line

Well. if that isn't a cause for a banana dance, I don't know what is!!

Congratulations!!

24 minutes ago, CathyK said:

Can anyone tell me if this is a fake?

It is a copy, probably from a souvenir shop.

Two questions : Do you agree with the slight bump in grade that it got? And, where is the "tooling?"

The 1943 Lincolns are actually zinccoated steel, rather than silver. They are interesting, and a fun collectible, but not really very valuable.

As far as doubling on your coins, I would suggest that you start by taking a look at this article, provided by our hosts:

https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5688/Double-Dies-vs-Machine-Doubling/

I know that it seems odd that a coin which is 60+ years old would not be valuable, but wheat cents were saved by the barrel full, so are not rare, in most cases - especially if they have been circulated and show any signs of wear.

Your 1955D cents, although almost never found in circulation anymore, are considered common, so are not valuable. If you took them to a coin dealer or pawn shop, you would probably be offered 2-3 cents a piece.

The 1984 cents are just damaged, so those can be spent.

A word of advice: Don't believe everything you read on the internet or see on videos about the value of coins. Much of the information out there is, at best, misleading, and, at worst, completely false. Feel free to post any coin that you might have a question about. As long as you are open to hearing what we have to say, we don't mind helping. Just a few tips, though. Make sure you don't ask specific questions about a whole bunch of different coins in one post, since that tends to lend itself to confusion. And be sure to post clear pictures. If we can't see them, we can't evaluate them. And, don't try to clean any of the coins. If one does turn out to be of some value, cleaning it will almost certainly remove most of that value.

Welcome to the forum.

I am sorry to hear of your grandmother's passing. I hope you have fond memories of her, and it is nice that she left you something by which to remember her. 

Now for the answer to your question: all of your cents are large date cents. The difference is slight, but, with experience, it is easily recognized by the style of the "2," and the distance from its base to the rim, along with several other tells. 

Here is the Variety Plus link that shows the differences. 

Link

I don't see an error, but I do see a quarter struck from a well worn obverse die.

Welcome to the forum.

If you are referring to the ring just inside the rim at the bottom of the coin, that is damage, most likely from a coin rolling machine.

I have searched through dozens of papal medals and Vatican coins and medals, and have not found anything to match. I am sorry that I could not find any value estimate for you.

What is the assigned grade? That is necessary to look up the coin in the NGC database.

The letters and numbers that you see in the marks are like the animals and other imaginary things that someone sees in the clouds.They are not real. They just appear to be something that they are not. Your coin is simply badly damaged, and it most likely happened, as JKK has said, when it was run over multiple times in a parking lot. It is not an error. It is damaged.

12 hours ago, Esequiel Hernandez said:

How do I get a price for a pope medal that no one can price for me, even in several coin shows???

Here is one place to try.The prices realized are in British Pounds.

Link Here

I can't tell if that is supposed to be a Peruvian 8 Reales,  or 8 Escudos, or something else entirely, but it does not look real to me.

That is just my uninformed opinion, though.

I am with JKK - if the seller does not show definite proof of authenticity, I would walk away.