Just Bob

It is a souvenir token, probably from the 1960s. Possibly sold by Sydney Smith. His son, Art, sold varieties in the 70s with "REPLICA" added to the reverse. The reverse is listed as wreath #4d on Mike Locke's calgoldcoins.com. (22 reverse varieties listed, some of which may be merely die states of other varieties.) It is likely either gilt or brass plated. There is currently one for sale on Ebay HERE

Oh my! What terribly sad news. I am at a loss for words. He was one of the best, and will be sorely missed.

Good catch. I did not realize that the background would have that much effect on the silver/gray color of the coin.

So, your suggestion is for NGC to accept research that is done by someone who they do not know, and who may or may not be qualified to identify or attribute tokens and medals, or who may give incorrect information? You would be ok with them just taking the word of any submitter without doing any research to confirm that their identification is accurate? Even if all they do is checking the accuracy of the submission, they still have to get paid for doing the research. I agree that an extra $900 is a tough row to hoe, but I don't think $5 is an unreasonable additional charge. If it takes them as little as 15 minutes, that is still only $20 per hour.

Very nice medal, and a great reason to buy it. It was very fortunate that you were able to find one in such good condition. Interesting fact: Although the Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the Atlantic, the eastern end of the canal ends in the Pacific Ocean.

I carried this one for several years, to see if I could wear the cleaning hairlines off of it. It is now wrapped in a napkin, to see if/how it tones.

The Iowa token is listed as Henderson 446b, and Token Catalog gives prices as follows: Public Price Information from the Database$9.99 - sold for $9.99 Feb. 2010$13.01 - ebay sale may 2011$26.01 - eBay sale 8/2018 Average Sales Price - $17.00 There are several more tokens from the same firm listed on the site Link here The page for the California token is here Link Edit: I see you found them on your own as I was typing my reply.

Check the seller's listing carefully. They may be using a stock photo. You may not get the exact coin in the picture.

Those are some very cool exonumia pieces. Nice pickups. (An aside: I did not realize that Larry was a dealer)

Not until the matter has been settled fully. Any evidence that you owned the coin, and any pictures or other records may prove important to your claim.

That sounds like a scam. If I were you, I would contact PayPal immediately. I would also let NGC know by email, or by posting on the Ask NGC forum, that this occurred on their website. They may not can stop things like this from happening, but at least they will know about it.

I can't speak to the authenticity of either piece, but I believe the upper coin is a Byzantine follis of Nikephoros (Nicephorus) III. I can't see enough detail on the lower coin to even try to identify it, although the left picture appears to show a figure standing above an exergue, if it is rotated 1/4 turn to the left. Here are some pictures of what I believe is the first coin from Wildwinds:

Just so you know: Whenever you respond to a new poster who includes a link to a website related to the subject matter, you are almost always responding to a spammer or spambot. Chances are that they will never respond, or even return to the thread, since the only reason for their post is to attract clicks to the linked site.

I am going to guess die trial.

It will be interesting to see how this new information lines up with the books that I have on the subject. I already know that one of them has some numbers that have been proven to be wrong. I am curious about whether the other one is accurate or not , as well. If I remember right, both were written in the 60s.

These. Neither a lamination nor a struck-through error would show a corresponding flattened bulge on the reverse. All pocket change searchers should take note of this.

Looks like a Roosevelt dime that has suffered either heat or environmental damage. With the blurry pictures, that is only a guess, though.

Welcome to the forum. First of all, this is the forum to discuss registry issues. If you wish to sell a coin, you should use the Marketplace forum. Link here Second, there is no such thing as a "Morgan Peace" dollar. Morgan dollars were minted from 1878 to 1921. Peace dollars were minted from 1921 to 1935. You can read about them here: Link Third, coins are graded using the Sheldon grading system, and describing your coin as being in "pretty good shape" does not accurately describe the condition of your coin, since that description could mean different things to different people. Lastly, I don't think I would post my cell phone number on a public forum, but that is just me.

Nice job!

Looks like both dies had seen their better days. Nice find. It is interesting that, even though there is evidence of die erosion, the outside lettering is not drawn toward the rim, as is often seen on other coins.

Someone on the "midnight shift" was having fun with the coin press. I wonder if he made any money off the coins, or just let them go into circulation.

Welcome to the forum. Have you noticed that all of the doubling and separating of the clad layer is on the side of the devices/letters/numerals that is away from the center of the coin? That is typical of die erosion doubling and split-plating doubling.

Congrats on your pickup. Nice write-up, too.

In hand, does this coin look undergraded by today's standards?

They have one listed in the population report - an MS68, so, yes, they will grade it.