Just Bob

Many of these were gold plated and sold on sites like the Home Shopping Network. The plating adds nothing to the resale value, and, in fact, would prevent the coin from receiving a grade. Your coin may be one of these.

Don't worry, guys. I was just making a point to QA. I am not going to start forum policing. I personally will not fuss about anyone posting using caps to make a point, but don't be confused/surprised/irritated/aggravated/angry if a majority of readers interpret your posts differently from they way you intended them. I think I have said all I intend to on this subject. Sorry, Insider, for derailing your post.

Some things involving internet chat and messaging are generally accepted by the community at large. LOL is understood to mean "Laugh Out Loud," not "Lots of Love," "Larry or Louise," or any other term with three words which begin with those letters. Bold, italics, highlighting, colors, and different fonts are used to draw attention or emphasize. All caps is understood to be the internet equivalent of shouting, regardless of whomever says they are using it in another way.

NGC population is 172 in grades from PR65 - PR69. That is the most of any 1963 proof doubled die reverse, so it is not rare. Very nice pick-up, though. I like it!

Mrs.Thomas (Elsie) Joseph ran a grocery store on McRaven Street in Vicksburg from 1914-1927. Tokens were issued in denominations of 25 cents and 5 cents.The reverse is the 1909 Ingle Systems stock reverse, found on many tokens. This is another one of those "take what comes available" tokens. The reverse is scratched badly, but the token is listed as Unique, so when this one became available, I figured it might be my only chance to own an example.

It's called a hammer. You can buy one at Home Depot.

Dang it! I was hammering away on the laptop, on my way to minting gold coins, when I hit something wrong and closed the game. I wasted about 20 minutes for nothing.

You might contact MIke Sprouse of River City Coins in Cape Girardeau, MO. He is a big seller of silver rounds. link Or, the historian of the International Association of Silver Art Collectors is a nice gentleman by the name of Ed Lantz. He can be contacted by email at: edlantz2001@yahoo.com

My first thought was corrosion, due to environmental conditions. I doubt I would have recognized the presence of lead from the picture.

If you are on a computer, click your name at the top right, then "account settings," then "signature." That should give you an option to view siglines.

I can see two of your registry sets in your sigline.

This does not bode well for the OP. If the other coins came from the same source, they may all be fake, as well.

This statement caught my eye, as well. I wonder what evidence there is to support this theory.

Back when taking good pictures of coins was more of a priority on this forum, there were several discussions about this very subject. The two lights that I remember being mentioned the most were the Ott lights that James mentioned above, and GE Reveal bulbs. The general consensus seemed to be that both gave accurate representation of natural light.

Seeing the date was my reason for asking for pictures of the whole coin. Knowing if it was pre- or post- 1982 or 1990 would have an effect on the answer. Also, putting the word "quiz" or something similar in the title would help make the purpose of the thread a lot more clear.

Can you show the whole coin?

Welcome to the forum. Your coin looks like what is usually referred to as a "grease filled die." Something filled the last two numerals of the date, preventing the metal from flowing into the recesses. Although cool to see, they are actually fairly common.

Those look like scratches.

Welcome to the forum. To be a broadstrike, the coin can't be struck inside the collar. The collar forms the reeding on a quarter, so, since your coin has reeding, it had to have been struck inside the collar. Therefore, it can not be a broadstrike. The rim has been worn off, probably by a machine of some sort.

Good article. Thanks for sharing. So, Karen, where are your collecting interests taking you these days? Still looking for new varieties, or have you gotten into something else?

Before collectors, dealers, and third party graders began using all 11 mint state grades, Gem Bu (GBU from your first post) was usually considered the equivalent of MS65. At that time, MS65 was a pristine coin with very few marks. I don't honestly see any of these coins as MS65, even by today's more relaxed standards. Most would be MS63 or below, in my opinion. Other members may have a different opinion. That is not to say that I don't like them, though. I have always had a thing for commemoratives, even though I only have a few in my collection. By the way, judging by the pictures, I don't think that any of these, or the gold commems from your other post, have been polished.

If you have MS paint, you may be able to open the pictures with it, then resize and save as a jpg.

As I said, one of the more interesting "guess the grade" threads.

A little known fact about jgrinz is that, early in life, he worked as a quality control agent for a factory that made M&Ms . They had to let him go, though. He kept throwing away the "W"s.

You hit the nail on the head, Mr B. Future readers of this forum need to be given as much accurate information, and as little misinformation, as possible.