Just Bob

That's a good looking Jefferson.

Good attitude.

Welcome to the forum, Lil joe. In 1979, there were two varieties of Anthony dollar minted in Philadelphia: the "Narrow Rim", also known as the "Far Date", and the "Wide Rim", aka "Near Date." The 'Narrow Rim" variety is the more common, and that is the coin you have. The "Wide Rim" variety is not really rare - examples are not hard to find - but since it is the more scarce of the two, it commands a premium. The higher the grade, meaning the nicer the condition of the coin, the higher the price. Only uncirculated coins with almost no marks visible to the naked eye are worth more than two figures. Raw, ungraded coins will not sell for as much as coins that have been authenticated and graded by one of the major grading companies, such as NGC. As far as "going for a lot of cash" is concerned, be aware that sellers may ask any price that they want for any coin, but what matters is what coins actually sell for. Coins may be for offered sale on Ebay or Etsy for huge amounts of money, but that does not make the coin worth that much. While we are on the subject of shady or deceptive practices, please be aware that Youtube is full of "Get Rich From Pocket Change" videos that are very misleading. Do not look to Youtube for advice on coins.

Unless they have changed managers/owners recently, don't stay at the Motel 6 on I-25. We passed through there late at night several years ago, and stopped at this motel, thinking we would get a little sleep on the cheap. The place was so nasty that we stripped the sheets off the beds, got blankets and pillows from the car, and slept in our clothes.

Lollipops were invented in 1908, and the name wasn't trademarked until 1931. I have a feeling Franklin was dead long before then.

In 1911, Phil Greenwald opened Greenwald Drugs in Vicksburg, MS. It was a branch location of Keefe and Greenwald Grocers, which he co-owned with Patrick Keefe, Jr. The only denomination issued was a 5 cent token. This token is rare, with only a handful known to exist.

Good point. In your opinion, is the OP's coins market acceptable? By the way, this coin looks much darker on my phone than on my laptop.

Interesting. Most people seem to lean toward "intent" as their determination of AT/NT. Just so I am clear, do you judge between AT & NT based on whether or not the coin was in mint packaging or not? And, by "mint packaging," I mean burlap bags, paper envelopes, cardboard and paper mint sets, etc. Does this mean that you consider Wayte Raymond album toned coins to be AT? What about coins toned in paper rolls? I understand that intent can be difficult, if not impossible, to prove, or even determine - except in the case of certain Ebay doctors - but, most people that I have talked to are forgiving when it comes to what they perceive as "accidental" toning. And, sometimes, TPGs seem to be, as well. I agree with your assessment of the likely cause of the toning on this coin, but I am more in the "intent" camp. A week of sitting in sulfur is definitely artificial. Decades of resting against a paper or cardboard surface seems more like the natural toning process to me.

Fifty-one is much too young to go. I am very sorry for your loss.

NT

I love finding tokens that have a connection to my family or hometown. Do you own a metal detector? The ground around the entrance to the old store might be a good place to hunt.

Well, this thread just got my attention.

Wait! What!? Are you saying that when they were changing the dies, someone accidentally turned on the machine, and it spit out a few coins? Wow! That sounds like a good way for a fella to lose a finger! Anyway, I have never heard of this. How did this make the coin look like this on both sides? Where did you find out about this error? Can you explain a little more, or point me to a link that has more information? I would like to do some more reading about this. Thank you.

In 1963, both Mint set and proof sets came in the flat pack, but, the Mint set had a colored border on two sides- blue for Philadelphia, and red for Denver. The proof set had no colored border. That is one way to tell, but, you obviously have to have the original packaging. Another way is to look at the Eagle on the Franklin half. As Mike pointed out, there are different styles, and you can check those out with online pictures. Look at close-ups of type one and type two Franklins, and, you will notice a difference in the tail feathers. Proof coins also look different from business strike coins. The surfaces are smoother and more polished looking, the strike is stronger, and the rims are usually more defined. In addition, proof coins will be mostly mark free. They were made for collectors, so were handled differently than regular coins. In 1963, Mint set coins, on the other hand, were given no special treatment. They will usually have at least a few hits from being struck by other coins, during the coining process. I have mint sets with coins in them that are so dinged up, they look like they were pulled from pocket change.

I could not see the blue border on the cellophane, so I thought it might be the clear cellophane of a proof set. The coin sure looks like a proof from the pictures.

That is a really nice looking example, Woods.

Is that a proof?

I like Dave's site, because it groups the die marriages by T-I relationship, which helps narrow down the search, and it also has a brief description of each die. NGC's Variety Plus helps, too, because they have multiple pictures with which to compare your coin.

Picture from Maddieclashes.com:

Looks like you nailed the attribution. Really nice looking coin.

Before you leave us, would you mind explaining what a "die change error" is? I am not familiar with this term.

Here is what I found: In addition to the two Hard Times (1832 - 1844) tokens above, there is another listed - E.& I. Bragaw, from Mobile. U.S. Merchant tokens (1845-1860): There is a B. FERGUSON of Huntsville counterstamped on a Peru 8-reales of 1838. There are also a lot more than three varieties of the Mobile token mentioned above. ALA 2 through ALA 6 are from 1853, and are the original medal in different metals. ALA 7 through 26C are mulings with at least six different reverses, of various metals. There are also other mulings known that Rulau does not list. All mulings were struck in or after 1860. You have already mentioned the Civil War (1861 - 1865) token of White & Swann. There is known a unique Alabama Confederate ID tag counterstamped on an 1835(?) U.S. Large Cent. For U.S.Trade tokens (1866 - 1889,): Bank Saloon, and The Dude Saloon, both of Birmingham, J.M. Appling of Carbon Hill, J.L. Hartung of Eufaula, J.M. McRohan of Hayneville, B.M. Gregory, McLEan & Winter, and McMillan & Harrison of Mobile, C.L. Ruth of Montgomery, Tallapoosa Copper Reduction Co. of Tallapoosa, and Goldwaithe & Son of Troy. There is also a "Champion" counterstamped 1875 Seated Liberty half dollar listed as Birmingham. The Gay 90s (1890 - 1900) section lists: Burnette & Florence, J.L. Chalifoux & Co., Huston Biscuit Co., Shelby Iron Co., from Birmingham; C.M. Jackson from Coosada; T.C.I. & R.R.Co. from Ensley; Lake Lumber from Florala; and S.W. Reeves from Tuscaloosa.

Alabama had at least two 1835 Hard Times Tokens LINK HERE Also there was a Merchant Token from 1853, with 3 varieties LINK HERE I will take a look at Rulau this evening, and see if I see anything else.

"Make do?"

Can you get that in writing?