Just Bob

He was THE ultimate rock guitar player. Rest in Peace, My Brother.

If the presence of die polishing lines is the only thing that makes you leery, you need to stop buying coins immediately, and start doing a lot more research. Nearly every coin you have posted on this forum has been either counterfeit, or not what you claimed it to be. It makes one wonder if you are being scammed, or if you are planning to scam others.

Here is an article by our host: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5688/Double-Dies-vs-Machine-Doubling/ Here are links to three more articles: http://www.error-ref.com/doubled-dies/ How dies are made link Link to another Doubled Die article

Like the Kennedy half dollar, Ike silver dollars are clad. The outer layer is 80% silver, 20% copper, over an inner layer of just under 21% silver and 79% copper. My guesses are: either the tester is off a bit, the outer layer composition is off a bit, or the mixture was incomplete, and the tiny spot that the tester read actually was 90%. Edited to add: For the sake of accuracy, the actual composition of the inner layer is .209 silver and .791 copper.

Welcome to the forum. I think the way that the Franklin Mint products have been marketed has much to do with the lack of respect in the numismatic and collectibles community. It (in most cases) has little to do with the quality of the workmanship, or the actual products themselves. I have stated in the past that I really like some of their designs, like in the History of the US set. (Not too fond of the President set designs, though.) I even have some Three Stooges plates, but that is because I am a Stooges fan, not because I think there is any chance they will go up in value. The key is your phrase "catches fire." That is not likely to happen in the near future.

I don't think they heard you.

Unless I am missing something, that is a 005

Did you recognize what it was immediately, or did you have to do some research? Either way, that is a fantastic find!

It's a gorgeous coin, no doubt, but it looks very "optimistically" graded in that picture.

"Individual Coin Grading Service." Well, at least he grades them one at a time. Or, maybe it means that every coin is graded by an individual (him). You are right about the listing, though. He does not actually state that the coins are graded MS70 - at least not in the title.

The blue ones are roller marks; the green ones are from being left in a dip for too long.

Is that a circulation find?

You can't go back and undo or redo things in your life, so make decisions about the really important things, family especially, with lots of careful thought. "Work" will always be there. Your children will not.

Herman W. (Casey) Jones owned a dry goods store in Mendenhall, MS, from 1947 to 1970. These tokens were used as change.

I believe that is called a job. At least, according to the IRS.

A picture of the word "LIBERTY " would be very helpful. This looks like the same coin that you posted over a year ago. Do you own the coin, and, if so, can you take new pictures?

Can a GSA Carson City dollar be faked? Yes, as can most anything else. Do I think this one is fake? I don't think the holder is a fake, and nothing about the coin screams fake, to me.

The production of proof Silver Eagles was moved from San Fransisco to Philadelphia in 1993.

A hearty "Well done" to both of you!

Sorry, that did not help. It just made it blurry and more pixelated. Can you take a closer picture and then crop all of the background out? That will enlarge the picture, hopefully with less distortion. Or try cropping the original picture, if you can't take another one.

Welcome to the forum. The picture is poorly lit, with glare and shadow distorting the image, and is not very clear or close, but, from what I can see, it looks like it has been damaged. Maybe a better picture will change my opinion.

In looking at pictures of different coins dated 1740 and 1749, I thought I had found a die marker that showed a clear difference between the two dates, but then I discovered that, apparently, more than one obverse die was used in 1740, so that idea went out the window. Still, I think all the others are right. Looks like a "9" to me.

Your coin appears to be a proof coin that entered circulation. Since all proofs are assumed to have full steps, due to the special minting process they undergo, NGC will not give them the "Full step" designation. Also, since the coin is circulated, it will not grade high enough to make it worth the expense of having it graded. Just enjoy it as a novelty.

I have never gone back and read the original threads on this subject, if they still exist at all, but I wondered about what the guarantee actually did state when this incident took place. If, in fact the guarantee did specifically cover provenance at the time the coin was sold and subsequently returned, it was PCGS' duty, in my opinion, to make you whole, at least to FMV.