Just Bob

Since you did not include punctuation, I am not sure if you are asking a question, but just in case you are: NGC Price Guide - $95,000 Last 3 Heritage Auction sales - $78,000 (9/17/20) - $72,000 (1/21/21) - $69,000 (1/21/21)

I wouldn't normally click on an unknown outside link, for fear of a virus, etc., but I took a chance, and this one was worth it. Great looking coins.

We do all understand that this coin is not real, right?

This issue needs to be addressed by NGC. Giving out untrue information is not good for a company's reputation, especially with turnaround times being so much longer than the stated estimated time.

There is your answer. Proof (PF) coins are assumed to always be fully struck, so they do not receive Full Bell Lines or Full Torch designations. Those, and other strike related designations are only given to circulation strike coins.

Take care, Brother.

You just couldn't help yourself, could you? You just had to throw that little schoolyard insult in there because someone said something you didn't like. There was nothing vague about what Coinbuf said. NCS can't fix your coin. Simple answer. No elaboration or explanation necessary. The fact that it was not what you wanted to hear, does not make it untrue. Or vague. Welcome to the forum. Expect honest, straightforward answers, even if you don't like or agree with them.

Looks like they had tokens in denominations of 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents, and $1. Here is the Tokencatalog.com page for Grahn, KY. It will be interesting to see if your two $1 tokens have the same misspelling as the one shown. Click me

OP, is there anyway you can post new pictures, straight on, and without the glare?

Below is a picture of RPM-009 (VP-005) from our host's Variety Plus page. While your coin does resemble it, it is not a match. Yours looks like die wear, to me.

The hairlines indicate a vigorous cleaning, and the rim hits look too severe to slab, as well. I do like the design, though. Very classic looking. If you could find a way for the coin to obtain a little natural patina, I think it would help the look a bit.

Better. Pictures one and four have a bit too much glare, and are still slightly fuzzy. Two and three are clearer. If you are holding your phone in your hand, try placing it on something stable, like a stack of books. Even your heartbeat can make the camera shake slightly.

Correct. I should also add that some series fare better when it comes to certain types of damage. A 1793 chain cent that was dug from the ground and labeled "Environmental Damage" would retain much more of its value than an Indian cent with the same type of damage. LIkewise, cleaning coins was acceptable, even sometimes encouraged, in the not-too-distant past. It is not unusual to find Seated Liberty or Barber coins that have been lightly wiped or dipped in jewelry cleaner. Some collectors are a bit more forgiving in these situations, but most people these days want "original surfaces."

Welcome to the forum. Each coin/series should be considered on a case by case basis, since some forms of damage, like a very mild cleaning, are less obtrusive than others, such as whizzing or deep scratches. The more obvious the damage, the more reduction in value one can expect. As a general rule of thumb, though, you can expect the value of a problem coin to drop the equivalent of 2 to 3 letter grades. For example, if the coin is graded XF Details, it would probably bring Fine or Very Good money.

Does that mean that this paragraph from Wexler's "How Dies Are Made" is not accurate, or am I still confusing things? When the Janvier Reduction Lathe was introduced in 1907, the first two digits of the date began to appear on the galvano and thus on the master hubs. This was done so that the master hub could be used to make master dies over a period of several years. Starting with the Lincoln cents in 1909, the last two digits of the date were engraved into the master die for each year.

That is a very interesting typo.

Help me out here: Am I misunderstanding, or are you saying that the same master die was used until 1968? Variety Vista lists 23 different obverse varieties between 1909 and 1968, involving modifications to the date, lettering, and design. How were the different die varieties - 1960 large and small dates, just to name one example - created? Were the working hubs modified?

Welcome to the forum.

Well done!

This fake is supposed to look like a business strike. Even if one does not collect Morgans, it would be hard not to have picked up enough info reading and hanging around these forums to know that the 1895 Morgan is the key to the series, because proofs are the only coins available. This is copied from our host's Coin Explorer page: (Emphasis mine) The 1895 Proof Morgan dollar is considered the "King of Morgans" by many. It owes this title to the fact that not a single business-strike 1895-P Morgan dollar is known. Although the Philadelphia Mint reported the production of 12,000 mint state dollars in 1895, none have ever surfaced. It is likely that they all were melted and it's quite possible that they never actually left the Mint, Due to the fact that no business strikes are known of the 1895 Morgan dollar, the proof issue has had huge upward pressure put on its value. The 880 coin mintage, which is right in the middle of the pack for proof Morgan dollars, is simply not large enough to satisfy the huge demand there is for this issue. That means that one can expect to pay tens of thousands of dollars for an example in any grade.

The star point/denticle alignment matches obverse 9, used on O-113 & 113a. The T/I alignment, and intrusion into the lower crossbars of the lines of the vertical stripes match reverse M, also used on O-113, and the die crack makes it 113a. Even though the incomplete "S" does not show on this coin, it does appear to show up on O-119, which used this same reverse die, and was next in the emission sequence. My vote goes to O-113a. Beautiful coins, by the way.

There is absolutely no reason for you to apologize about bringing up this coin. This just happens to be one of those issues we get frequent questions about, so sometimes our answers tend to be direct and without sugar-coating. No offense was intended on my part, and I am sure, no one else's either. I was just trying to make sure I got my point across. No doubt Mohawk and the others were, as well. Welcome to the forum.

Following the Flood of 1927, which covered over 27,000 square miles and displaced more then 700,000 people in Mississippi alone, Congress passed the Flood Control act of 1928. This act provided for the repairing and rebuilding of the destroyed levees, and also strengthening them and increasing their height. The Greenville Construction Co. was one of the companies created in the early 1930s to work on this project. The Memphis Minnie blues song, "When the Levee Breaks" is about this event, and talks about people camping on the levees to escape the waters of this historic flood. The song was later covered by Led Zeppelin on their fourth album. Tokens are known to exist in denominations of 5, 25, and 50 cents.

You must have been on the ritzy side of town.

When is the big give-away?