Just Bob

Whether or not your coin is a variety is not determined by the coin grader. It is my understanding that the coin is sent to a separate person for variety identification. (That person would have been the renowned expert David Lange, before his recent untimely passing.) As Coinbuf stated in another post, you are paying to have this variety expert look at and evaluate your coin, which is a totally different operation than grading. $18 is really a small price to pay an expert for their opinion, even if you aren't happy with the outcome.

So, let's see, if I have an Indian Head cent with one of Rick Snow's Eagle Eye stickers which I have also sent to CAC to get stickered, now I can send it to David Hall and get a CMQ sticker. If I keep going, eventually my slab will end up looking like a North Korean general in dress uniform.

"How do you manage your collection?" Pen and paper.

Ouch! Somebody abused that poor coin terribly!

It is my understanding that the Blakesley Effect is caused during the raising of the proto-rim in the upsetting mill. The blank is forced into an increasingly smaller space between a stationary die and a roller, which squeezes the edge into a raised rim. If the blank has a missing area on the edge, there is no "resistance" for the die to push against, so no rim is formed. (Hard to describe or imagine if you don't know what the upsetting mill looks like.) Here is a screen shot of a still from the US mint's video about planchet formation. You can see pressure being applied to the planchet from the sides to form the rim.

Based on your response here and ATS, you apparently have a lot of patience with these type posters. I applaud you.

This, apparently, is what caused your confusion. This information is off a bit. As stated above, the inner layer was 79/21 copper/ silver. (Actually, .791/.209) That is why you see only a slight yellowish band, instead of a copper colored one. Have fun playing with your pile of silver!

Welcome to the forum. Thank you for posting nice, cropped, close-ups of both sides of your coin. Unfortunately, as others have stated, it is not a mint error. It is just damage. A die break would show as a raised line or area on the coin, which would have been created by a crack or missing metal on the face of the die. A break close to the rim, called a "marginal die break" or "cud," would look much like the area on the obverse of your coin at the "D" on "DOLLAR." It would not, however, have the gash in the edge, which is what caused your coin to look like that. The pics below are compliments of Chuck Newman, from the website Cuds-on-Coins. Notice that the edge looks more or less normal, without evidence of damage.

Congratulations! Very well done! I thought I detected a different attitude in your posting.

This coin is a great circulation find, and is likely worth more than $30 to the right buyer, but I doubt it will ever bring $300, much less $2000. Probably the most recognized name in the field of numismatic errors is collector, dealer, and authenticator Fred Weinberg. His error collection was sold by Heritage last year. In the offerings was a 1965 Special Mint Set quarter, graded SP62 by PCGS, that was rotated 180 degrees. It was slabbed in a special Fred Weinberg Collection slab. It brought $180 including the 20% buyer's fee. This was an uncirculated SMS coin with a notable provenance, and it brought less than $200. Draw your own conclusions. Link to the auction page

That looks nothing like a cotton blossom. Truth be told, it doesn't look very much like a boll, either. I'm not sure what Mr. Morgan was looking at when he designed this.

I have a feeling he is asking 1000 rupees, which is $12.04 in today's dollars. Way too much for the coin, but not something to get worked up about, in my opinion.

VG

If you are saying that you think this coin was struck through a late stage die cap, then I would agree that you are probably on the right track, although I am not sure what would cause the "wrinkled" looking parts. It definitely looks struck through something.

I assume you are referring to your wife. I am very glad she did not suffer a stroke. A slipped disk is bad enough, but a stroke can be devastating.

And bring back this one, too.

Providing diameter in millimeters, and weight in grams will be helpful.

Any chance you could post some clear pics of the edge - especially at LIBERTY and directly opposite? And, are the letters in LIBERTY higher than the adjacent rim?

How does the reeding look on the edge? is it consistent all the way around?

Don't worry about it. You haven't committed any breach of etiquette or any other kind of posting faux pas. This is one of several threads concerning Continental currency, and lots of posters have used it to show their examples, which, unfortunately have all been fakes. I imagine that previous posters found this thread while searching for information on their pieces, just as you did. You adding one more post to the thread does absolutely no harm. As my kids say, "It's all good." Welcome to the forum.

Is it possible that VAMworld doesn't list every existing die pair?

I am glad you enjoy it. I usually make apple butter every year, but I had a lot of pears, so I thought I would give it a try. (I tried pear chutney, too, but it got mixed reviews.) Unfortunately, I won't be making any this year, due to a late hard freeze that lasted several days. Killed all of my plums, wiped out the blossoms on my pears and blueberries, damaged my figs and peaches. No huckleberries, either. I am hoping to gather enough wild elderberries to make some jelly, though. It takes a half gallon of fruit to make a batch, so I will have to visit several patches. I need to make some more pepper relish, too. I am almost out. If I do, I will be sure to bring some on my next trip out your way. By the way, there is a coin I would like to get your advice on, if you don't mind. I will shoot you a PM soon and give you the story on it.

Feel free to post images of any coin about which you may have questions or that you find interesting. We always like to look at pictures of coins, especially if they are clear and cropped as yours are.

Don't be surprised if you see him come back and post under a different name. I don't think this was the first time he has been kicked off this forum.

Welcome to the forum. Yours is a large date .