Just Bob

Could be this one, or one like it: CNG - Commodus. Sestertius. Italia on globe. Commodus. 180-192 AD. Æ Sestertius (23.97 gm). Laureate head right / Italia, crowned, seated left on globe, holding cornucopiae. RIC III 438; Cohen 266

Post the diameter and weight, please. If JKK sees this, he should be able to provide a better answer than my feeble attempt.

The reverse looks like "Italia seated left on globe with cornucopia" Or "Roma seated left on shield holding spear." Possibly Pius or Commodus

The man who wrote the guidebook for Peace Dollars comments on your Peace Dollar, and you accuse him of "post whoring?" You are beyond help.

I would be very surprised if NGC, or any TPG, kept detailed records of numbers of error coins graded by type of error. Varieties? Probably. Errors? Probably not.

This thread might have gotten more answers if it had been posted in a different forum, but I will give it a go. Almost everything that you have described can be attributed to the damage on the coin. It has the appearance of a coin that was dropped out of someone's pocket and lay in a convenience store parking lot for a little while, where it was run over a time or two. That is what caused all the little nicks and dings in the surface. So, all of the "doubling " and "extra letters" is just damage. As far as the weakness in the word "WE", that is a problem that is commonly seen on dimes of this era. If you look at a new dime you will notice that the portrait is smaller and the motto is farther away from the rim. This was done to try to alleviate strike issues.

Welcome to The Forum. Things move more slowly here than they do ATS, but we have some good guys and girls here. Make yourself at home. What are your collecting interests?

You did not specify which type of coin that you are asking about, but I am going to take a stab in the dark and say it is a MS69 (not proof69) silver American Eagle. These bullion coins were minted in San Fransisco from 1986 - 1998.

Does anyone know if these were part of the Spink sale, or are they still in the possession of the city of Omaha?

This company is believed to have been a vehicle rental agency that was located in Jackson in the 1920s. Note the three digit phone number. I have not been able to find any information about it. The location on South Farish street is now a vacant lot. Two denominations are known to exist - I have examples of both.

+1 I would add that the coin should grade the same whether or not it is toned, fully struck, rare, famous, or any other adjective that does not concern the amount of contact/wear on the coin.

From an NGC article: "NGC applies the PL and DPL designations automatically to qualified coins at the time of grading and at no additional cost. NGC’s use of “DPL” is equivalent to the “DMPL” designation used by some other grading services." Here is the link

A couple of article links: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1483/Counterfeit-detection/ https://dniewcollectors.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-detect-counterfeits-pillar.html Here is a link to an Amazon listing of a book by Swamperbob aka Robert Gurney https://www.amazon.com/Counterfeit-Portrait-Eight-Reales-real-Reales/dp/1500497177/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=robert+gurney&qid=1611540424&sr=8-7

I am glad to know that the problems I have had were not just me. I gave up trying to find information on the site, and have been using the Hathitrust digital library for studying things like Annual Reports of the Director of the Mint.

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It looks like damage, to me. Think about how the obverse and reverse dies are arranged in relationship to one another, and you will see why this could not be a die clash. (Hint: turn the coin over, and see what is on the reverse directly opposite Washington's head)

There was only one "small 8" variety in 1812, and that was O-102. Also, O-101 and O-102 were both 2/1 overdates, although they had different obverse dies.

Welcome to the forum. There is no way that I can see your coin well enough to offer an opinion. The pictures need to be much closer and larger - and very clear. And even then, it will only be a semi- educated guess as to what the grade might be. Anyone who has tried knows that it is difficult to impossible to grade consistently from pictures.

Following, and expanding on, the work of J. Colvin Randall, (as published by J.W. Haseltine under his name) and M. L. Beistle, Al Overton identified every obverse and reverse die used in the coining of Bust half dollars, and listed them by die pairing, or "marriage." The marriages are given Overton numbers to identify each pair. For example, in 1812, there were 8 obverse dies and 9 reverse dies used, with a total of 10 die marriages (O-101 to O-110). The Small letter ("a" on your coin) after the number refers to a later die state. So, O-109 represents a marriage of obverse die 7 with reverse die H, and the small "a" signifies that this is the later die state, which shows lumps and ridges that were caused by defects in the die.

Looks like a bit of rub on the high points, so: AU58.

Attributing seated coinage is not one of my strong points, but I gave this a quick look, and it does appear to be an actual legitimate die pair. (WB-2, I think). As others have stated, though, it has a slightly "off" look to it. It may be a legit piece, but I would pass., especially since the seller can not vouch for its authenticity.

What do you think you see inside that red circle?

Damaged.

One, possibly two, graders and a finalizer looked at this coin close up, before it was sealed in plastic. The best we have is a picture of a picture. I am going to side with the 3 people who looked at this coin in hand.

History from the Singing River Library digital archives: International Paper Company was formed on January 31, 1898 when eighteenpulp and paper mills across the Northeastern United States joined togetherunder one name. In the 1920's, International Paper was seeking to diversify its business whichled to the creation of the Southern Kraft Division which spanned fromArkansas to South Carolina.In 1928, International Paper purchased a local mill in Laine (now Kreole),Moss Point, Mississippi from Southern Paper Company. Not only did International Paper provide jobs for many South Mississippiansduring the depression and thereafter, but it even did its part during World WarII to help ships that were unable to dock and deliver supplies by developingspecially constructed and strengthened kraft paper cartons, of which MossPoint mill did its part to produce, to allow the supplies to be dumpedoverboard and carried to shore by the tide, thus allowing the supplies to reachland intact. Unfortunately, the Moss Point mill was short lived. Eighty-eight years afterits completion in 1913, under ownership of Southern Paper Company, the millwas closed in 2001 due to high facility costs and the need to align productionwith its customer demand. The picture of the plant is from the 50th anniversary celebration open house and company picnic, June, 1948 The tokens are from the paper company cafeteria. The sizes are comparable to US coins of the same denomination - possibly for use in vending machines.