Just Bob

And, to further assist you and others, this is what you are looking for: (pictures courtesy of our hosts)

That is the 2nd hairstyle, Small 8, Style 2 lettering, Reverse of 1797. That narrows it down to 19 (I think) die marriages. Breen 40 ( Sheldon 187 or Bowers-Whitman 54) is the only one that I could find on which the top left berry droops like that.

Yep. $3.89 apiece at Wizard Coin Supply. (Plus shipping)

That's a nice collection of books. If you don't mind selling just some, rather than the entire set at once, we may can deal. Doesn't the Post Office have some boxes that are "all-you-can-fit-in-it-regardless-of-weight-for-one-price" ? I don't mind paying to have them shipped.

I did a quick search of Vamworld and Variety Vista, and did not find anything that matches, so I don't think it is a known variety. I think Jonathan is probably right - filled "O" mint mark. Would you mind showing a picture of the obverse side? Welcome to the forum, by the way.

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I contacted Amazon, but got a quick "Thank You and Goodbye" from them.

What Mr. Burdette said is absolutely true: the internet is full of misinformation and lies, and many things that you read and watch online need to be verified by a reliable source. Much of the information is just repetition of errors from earlier works. Mr. Burdette researches his books using information gleaned from historical documents from the mint, and other places. Mr. David Lange, director of research at NGC, and a poster on this forum, is another trustworthy author whose books are a good addition to any numismatic library. I am not saying that it is impossible, or even hard, to find reliable information on the web, you just need to make sure the source is trustworthy. Youtube, for example, seems to be full of sensationalist videos whose sole reason for existence is to get views. Probably best to stay away from there, when looking for information on coins.

I don't think it was a necklace. Judging by the position and condition of the hole and the wear on both sides, I am thinking either watch fob, or keychain.

All five of those appear to be the large date variety.

Both of those coins are large date varieties.

These coins are from the El Cazador shipwreck. The lack of numerical grade comes from over 200 years of exposure to seawater.

You're probably not going to find values for your coins in a price guide. Searching completed auctions for Prices Realized is probably going to be your best bet. EBay, Great Collections, and Heritage auctions are the most likely places. Make sure you only search actual sold items to get your averages. A coin listed as a "buy-it-now" that has been sitting for months unsold will only give you the price that a seller is hoping to get, not what the coin is actually worth.

I don't think I agree. Maybe with "seasoned"collectors this is true, but given the number of new /novice collectors, and the huge amounts of advertising and marketing in the coin world, plus the number of people who buy coins strictly as an investment, I would think that the percentage of buyers whose primary criterion for purchase is selling price would be over 50%. But, I have been wrong before.

From one Magnolia Stater to another: Welcome to the forum. The pictures are too fuzzy when enlarged to determine if there is any doubling, but I will tell you that there are currently no known doubled die reverse varieties for the 1961D quarter. That does not mean that there are none that exist, but the odds of finding an unknown variety on a 60 year old issue are not great. There are, however, five re-punched mint marks that have been identified. I am going to give you links to two different pages that might be of help: our host's Variety Plus page for Washington quarters LInk Here, and the Variety Vista page, as well Link Here. You can compare your coin to the pictures on these two sites, and see if you come up with a match. Remember: "kinda-sorta close" doesn't count. It has to be an exact match. Hope you are ok in the snow and ice.

Cool circulation find!

Looks like someone was playing with their letter punch set. Just damaged.

Welcome to the forum. Your coin is not a mint error. It is what is known as a "Dryer coin." The theory is that these are coins which have been caught between the inner and outer drums of a commercial dryer, and the pressure and movement wears and deforms the rim. This is also the look when a coin has been "spooned," or tapped repeatedly around the rim. (Spooning is the first step in making a ring from a coin.) Regardless, it was not done this way at the mint.

Do you think you would get five dollars (or more) worth of enjoyment from owning this coin? It isn't a large amount of money, so it probably wouldn't matter to me if it were naturally or artificially toned. If I thought it looked nice, and I wanted it, I would go for it.

I'm not sure I would call that "GEM." I'm not even sure I would call it "UNC." Looks like it has a bit of rub on the high points on both sides. As for the missing letters, that could be a struck-through.

In 1918, Miss Ophelia Fox opened a cigar store in the lobby of the Carrol Hotel in Vicksburg, MS, at the age of 48. Ten years later, she married H.J Lesser, and continued to run the store for two more years. Unfortunately, after waiting almost 60 years to wed, she passed away in 1937, after only 9 years of marriage. I posted a black and white picture of the hotel in an earlier post. Here is a colorized version:

Some helpful reading material can be found HERE

S&H and Top Value were the two most common trading stamps in this area, as I recall.

The proof version is the rare one. Yours is a circulation strike, not a proof. There were 102,736,000 of these minted in 1950 at the Hamburg mint (J).

Sounds like you may need to take a breath. Thousands of people have sent in coins to have them graded, and I bet you can do it, too. You can submit in one of three ways: 1) Have an authorized dealer send them in for you, as you have stated. 2) Upgrade your membership to a paid account, and submit directly to NGC. 3) Become a member of the ANA, and submit directly. I do not work for or represent NGC, but I can tell you that yes, they grade coins for money. All for-profit companies do their work for money, or some type of compensation. It is the way of the free market system. The information that I just gave you, and more, can be found on this page: https://www.ngccoin.com/submit-coins/how-to-submit.aspx