Just Bob

For those who haven't seen the letter from CEO Steven Eichenbaum, here it is:

Dear friends,

The Certified Collectibles Group and our companies — NGC, PMG, CGC and ASG — exist to protect the collecting community from counterfeit, overgraded and otherwise misrepresented collectibles. I like to say that we are the “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” in the collectibles world.

Our position as the hobby’s first line of defense sometimes makes us a target for bad actors who try to defraud us or misappropriate the trust that we have built with our community. These scammers are persistent, and we are in a constant battle to prevent and detect fraud, such as counterfeiting or tampering with our holders.

CCG has certified more than 85 million collectibles since 1987, including more than 10 million in 2023 alone. Counterfeit and tampered-with holders represent a tiny fraction of the holders in the marketplace, but even one is unacceptable to us. We continue to pursue an aggressive, multi-faceted strategy to combat this scourge.

We take a number of defensive measures, such as imaging all collectibles, testing and upgrading the seals on our holders, releasing new high-security holograms and adding variable QR codes, with more to come. We also go on the offense and aggressively pursue bad actors, big and small, across the globe. We will keep the community informed of all of these developments, and today I’d like to give you an update on our legal efforts.

In Europe, an individual falsely claimed that he did not receive a return submission of banknotes and tried to recover more than € 100,000 from us. Our team conducted an intensive investigation and determined that he not only received the package but had also distributed many of the banknotes. After tracing these notes back to him, we notified law enforcement in Germany, where we have an office in Munich; in Austria, where the banknotes were delivered; and Turkey, where the individual lives. Austrian authorities took up the case, and two weeks ago the individual was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 10 months in prison.

Another incident involved two former employees, one of whom stole comic books from CGC submissions. They had these stolen books, along with some of their own books, encapsulated in CGC Comics holders, and then smuggled the books out of our facility to sell through various marketplaces. We swiftly filed a lawsuit against them and have already been granted a temporary restraining order while we pursue further actions, including damages.

We have also filed a lawsuit against an individual and his partner who tampered with CGC comic book holders to replace higher-graded comic books with lower-graded comic books of the same type. We are keeping the community updated on comic books impacted by this incident here. On February 13, 2024, we obtained a Preliminary Injunction Order prohibiting the defendant from distributing, circulating, selling, marketing, altering, removing — basically anything related to CGC-graded books — pending the final hearing and ruling in the case. We are seeking further remedies from the court, including damages

We will not tolerate acts of fraud against our community, and we will not rest until justice is served. We have been successful in the past. For example, last year, we advantageously settled a lawsuit against Richard Albright, who perpetrated a coin swapping scheme with NGC holders. He was ordered to report all collectibles that may have been impacted by his scheme, surrender all of his electronic devices during the investigation, cooperate with efforts to reimburse consumers and pay damages.

We recognize that fighting fraud that has already occurred is only one half of the equation to solve for a protected, confident and whole community. Staying ahead of the bad actors is absolutely essential to ensure these types of incidents do not continue to happen, and we will take the steps necessary to enhance the security of our services and facilities. We have a comprehensive initiative to make continual, meaningful updates to the security of our products, and will share updates as they are available.

Collectors and dealers can protect themselves from fraud in a number of ways: Always look up a collectible in our free Verification Certification tool on the homepage of our websites. All collectibles are now being imaged in high-resolution, and you can compare the images of your collectible to the images that we took. Buy from CCG Authorized Dealers, Official Submission Centers or Strategic Partners. You can look them up using the free Dealer Locator on our website. Choose online marketplaces that offer buyer protection, such as eBay. Do your research and exercise common sense. If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. If you suspect fraud, please report it immediately to ReportFraud@CollectiblesGroup.com.

We are committed to protecting our community from fraudsters and anyone else who seeks to take advantage of collectors. We are also committed to being transparent with all of you and sharing information about what we are doing for you. Your passion is our passion.

Sincerely, Steven R. Eichenbaum
CEO

I miss the days when members would go out of their way to congratulate and encourage new posters who showed their cool circulation finds and purchases. These days it seems we automatically respond with discouragement, if not outright negativity.
Welcome to the forum, Cary Coins. I like your Roosevelt a lot. Looks like the mint got their money's worth from both dies. (Do me a favor. Whatever you do, don't give it some cutesy name like some Youtubers and others - like Vam collectors - do. That drives me crazy.)
Looking forward to seeing what else you have found. 
 

Hold on. Are you saying that the die pair was used to strike only a dozen or so examples (or how ever many were sent to the Smithsonian plus the ones allegedly belonging to the Eva Adams estate) and then retired? If that is the case, this story just got a lot more interesting. I am really looking forward to the results of your research.

The US mint website has games for kids. Click here

Here are some hard to find 1901 Pan-Am award medals in my collection. They are all R-5 and there are 41 sterling silver known, 31 Gilt bronze known and 32 Bronze known. They are seldom seen and I think they are beautiful. Herman McNeil the designer of the standing liberty quarter designed them for the 1901 Pan-American expo in Buffalo N.Y.

Another from nycoins on ebay. The depression and spike are barely visible.
 

For comparison, here is one currently listed by seller earlycents on ebay:
 

That looks like a Henning nickel. Can you show a closer picture of the reverse, oriented correctly, focusing the word "PLURIBUS?"
Sorry. Forgot to say, "Welcome to the forum."

Welcome to the forum. Your coin is not an error coin. It has some glue or other foreign substance on it. You might be able to pick it off or soak it in some acetone and get it to come off.

Welcome to the forum. Your coin is not an error coin. It has some glue or other foreign substance on it. You might be able to pick it off or soak it in some acetone and get it to come off.

This looks like a good place to post my David Lange wooden nickel. 

I imagine everyone who buys gold and silver as an investment is looking for that. Whether they will see it is debatable.

Just ordered what should be an interesting read. I attended a presentation on how the Sovereign helped win WW I, but this book includes the Tudor period through WW I. Just thought I would mention the book if anyone might be interested.
 

That's because the kid's dad took the punch and hammer away from him before he had a chance to bang on any more coins.

Have you been drinking?

I have done research on improperly annealed coins, and what you described - molecules migrating from the copper core, through the clad layer, to the surface, and doing it while the coin is in circulation, cannot and does not happen.

This is the first time I have heard this theory. Can you explain how it is possible for copper to migrate from the middle of the coin to the outside of the clad layer?

Have you been drinking?

Although I don't think this is true hub doubling, I hope I am wrong, and the OP has made a new discovery. 
If you decide to pursue this, I suggest posting on the coneca forum as suggested above, and please keep us informed. 

Many of these were re-plated with zinc to make them more appealing to buyers. This may account for at least some of the additional weight.
The tolerance for these is +/- .13 grams.
The planchets produced in 1942 weighed 2.689 grams (41.5 grains), and the ones minted later in 1943 weighed 2.754 grams (42.5 grains).

Yes. The OP's coin appears to have simple environmental damage, so i don't think it applies, but here is a section of an article by error coin dealer Jon Sullivan:
One other type of missing clad layer is called a “dual missing clad layer,” which is a coin missing both the obverse and reverse clad layers, with only the copper core remaining. Such a coin will be copper on both sides and will weigh approximately 30% less than a normal coin of its type. The dual missing clad layers are incredibly rare, with less than 10 known for Roosevelt Dimes, five to 10 for Washington Quarters, and only one for Kennedy Half Dollars, and none are known for the dollar coin series.
 

Yes. The OP's coin appears to have simple environmental damage, so i don't think it applies, but here is a section of an article by error coin dealer Jon Sullivan:
One other type of missing clad layer is called a “dual missing clad layer,” which is a coin missing both the obverse and reverse clad layers, with only the copper core remaining. Such a coin will be copper on both sides and will weigh approximately 30% less than a normal coin of its type. The dual missing clad layers are incredibly rare, with less than 10 known for Roosevelt Dimes, five to 10 for Washington Quarters, and only one for Kennedy Half Dollars, and none are known for the dollar coin series.
 

Many of these were re-plated with zinc to make them more appealing to buyers. This may account for at least some of the additional weight.
The tolerance for these is +/- .13 grams.
The planchets produced in 1942 weighed 2.689 grams (41.5 grains), and the ones minted later in 1943 weighed 2.754 grams (42.5 grains).