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Well....I'm with JKK and I don't collect errors, but I do know the German/European market somewhat and I wouldn't get my hopes up too high on this. Errors aren't as hot with European collectors as they are with American collectors. Most European collectors would rather have an error free version of a given coin than an error and there are very, very few European collectors that specialize in error coins. Your best hope is that an this will catch the eye of an American collector that's into errors from around the world, but this is a small market, as well. I collect German and I can honestly say that I wouldn't be interested in your coin....certainly not at a premium. Ask CONECA to be sure, but I think you're likely in a situation where your coin is worth whatever a buyer will pay for it, if you can locate a buyer. Most errors that carry large premiums are U.S. errors because that's the area of the market that most error collectors are active in. Just because a coin has an error does not mean that it's valuable.

Great finds, JP!!! You've got me thinking about trying to do some banknote hunting, maybe. I have to think about which denomination may be worth checking out. I'm thinking $1s, $2s, or maybe $10s. I like U.S. $10 notes, for some reason. But I think the $2s may win....I'd love to be able to find a Series 1995 $2 Star Note, or just a nice Series 1995. I remember when the Series 1995 $2s started showing up....I was 19 years old, living in California and working at a Starbucks, which is where I saw my first one. I remember it and finding one would be a nice memento of a very defined era of my life.

That's a very good question......

Update-the 1944-S Netherlands 10 Cents has sold and the link has been removed. Thanks So Much!!

For some reason, that one was a tough one for people to swallow for over 100 years. I actually did my Master's thesis on the Young Turks and the Ottoman Empire in World War I, so obviously the Armenian Genocide came up. When I was writing my thesis in 2014-2015, many national governments actually hadn't acknowledged those events as a genocide yet and my committee told me that I really couldn't outright use that term at the time because of the debate about it and the lack of recognition of those events as a genocide. I had to type this wishy-washy stuff about it saying basically that some authorities recognized the genocide as a genocide and some didn't, which I didn't like but I had to get this thing past a committee. Now, it's being recognized as what it was; an indisputable genocide by more and more governments and authorities all the time. Maybe I had less trouble accepting the genocide for what it was because part of my heritage is Bosnian, and the Ottomans weren't known for their kindness toward us, either. And possibly it's because my mother's side is all German, and I already had to know of, accept and understand a genocide from that. I don't know but I'm glad to finally see this genocide being called for what it is.

Hello and Welcome! Here's a link to NGC's Services and Fees page: https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/services-fees/ngc/ But I'll tell you right now that the coin posted isn't worth sending off to be graded. Its value is very low as it is a worn and damaged example of a very common coin. It's worth about 3 cents in copper value.

Thanks Greg!!! That was extremely helpful to both myself and Joe. Based on the overlay, I'm with you.....Joe's coin is a die clash, but from a tired die.

Update-the PCGS Friendly Eagle Ike, the 1979-S Type 2 Dollar and the 1958 Type B Quarter have all sold and the links have been removed. Thanks So Much!!

I'll have to check out "From Mine to Mint" myself. I read Roger's Peace Dollar book and I found it absolutely fascinating. I think I'll pick it up......snowed in is a reality for at least a few days in my corner of New York almost every winter.

Now that's awesome!!! Around here, you can find all kinds of mollusks, their shells and other invertebrates. The coolest finds around here are primitive fish, sea scorpions and trilobites. Some people have even found teeth of Cladoselache, a primitive shark. I've mostly found shells and mollusks, a few fossilized worms and their burrows. People sometimes find arrowheads around here, too, but I never have.

Man, you've got me stumped on this one, Joe. But, for some reason, I'm not the greatest at picking up die clashes.....they have to be the size of a bull African Elephant for me to see them!! You may be right at that.....I'm going to defer to those that are much better at die clashes than I for this one.

That's very cool!!!! I'm very much an amateur in regard to geology and most of what I know comes from fossils and fossil hunting, but I love rock formations. They're often very beautiful. We actually don't have that much variety in my region....the entire Finger Lakes region sits on the fossilized remains of a Devonian sea bed. It means lots of really cool fossils, but also lots of the same kinds of shale, slate and limestone......not much variety. You have to go downstate for geological variety here in New York.

Yep.....those male Northern Cardinals get all full of testosterone and lose their brains like chickens do when they're angry. A breeding male Northern Cardinal isn't as dumb as a Koala by any stretch, but they definitely lose some brainpower when they're in breeding mode for sure!!! Testosterone can do some bad things to male animals.

Definitely on a major migration route, for sure. The Golden Eagles and Turkey Vultures that live in my region most of the year actually come and spend the winter with you. I also believe that the Black Vultures who are pioneering a population in my region overwinter in your region as well, but we're not totally certain on that yet.....Black Vultures are pretty new to us here in the Finger Lakes and we still have a lot to learn about our colonizers and their habits.

Northern Alabama, right? If so, you're on a major migration route. All of the birds from the eastern parts of the U.S. and Canada that migrate down to the Southeast and Mexico pass through your region going and coming every year. I'd imagine your avifauna is actually quite dynamic due to your location.

I've heard that from people up here, too, Hog. Around here, it's typically when they're nesting and two males get into a fight that it happens. The rest of the year, they seem okay at avoiding windows, for the most part. Though I should amend this a bit......cardinals will also hit windows if a Cooper's Hawk is after them. They'll smack into the window and the hawk will just come pick them up after that. The Cooper's Hawks, on the other hand, never hit windows and seem to use them as hunting tools. They seem to try to make other birds hit windows. Most raptors are highly intelligent.....frighteningly so in many cases.

DANG!!! That's a tough cat, for sure!!! My in-laws' cat is clearly not a badass in any sense of the word. He's scared of everything, but he was an abandoned kitten, so he had a rough start, so we have to cut him some slack.

We have a TON of Blue Jays around my house. They occasionally smack windows, too. Blue Jays are easily distracted and that's typically why it happens with them. I'm sorry one took out your outer pane, Kurt. I've actually never had a bird hit one of my windows and I've never been bombed by one, which is actually shocking. I'm long overdue, given how frequently I've been out bird watching in my life. That just means it'll probably be a Bald Eagle or Turkey Vulture that bombs me when my time comes. The weirdest bird-window story I have from my personal life is that there was once this Turkey Vulture that was picking on my in-laws' cat. The cat would get into the window and the vulture would scare the poop out of him. Turkey Vultures are actually highly intelligent and they do play, so once this bird figured out how badly the cat reacted to it, it kept scaring the cat for its own amusement. Eventually, the Turkey Vulture did move on, but I'm fairly certain that cat has a complex now.

I guess we're going to have to wait for him to update us on his window and chicken status But in all seriousness, I could easily see a chicken smashing into a window like that, especially if it were angry. Chickens completely lose their brains when they're angry.

You know, Hog, now that you mention it.......it does! But, since the German Reichsadler is supposed to be a Golden Eagle (can you tell my maternal family is of recent German immigrant extraction?), I doubt it would manage to fly into a window. Golden Eagles seem to manage windows pretty well. I've never heard of one flying into a window. Now, Bald Eagles, on the other hand........... https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/bald-eagle-crashes-through-window-of-hr-block-office-in-virginia-beach/291-cfda67c7-999e-4e9d-a3be-8af4c26db2a8 I'm surprised this hasn't happened at this one restaurant in my village......the Bald Eagles have done everything else to this establishment.....gotten into the dumpsters and spread trash everywhere, painted the back of it with their excrement while consuming the trash......they've even buzzed customers when they're eating outside in the summer!! I'm waiting to see that restaurant with all of the windows busted out and filled with Bald Eagles trashing the place. I don't know what those people did to the Bald Eagles, but they've really beat up on that restaurant.

Very cool, Joe!! That's a really great looking grease-filled die you have there!! And you have die chips and a die crack as well. Very nice

No problem, Joe. And you're absolutely right.....the quality of U.S. circulation strikes from I'd say the 1950s until about the late 1980s-early 1990s was often quite poor. Lots of issues like machine doubling, die fatigue and other things like that. And even within that span of time, the 1960s were some of the absolute worst, in my opinion.

Hi Joe!! Well, in looking at your coin, I think what you have is machine doubling on that cent, which is very common on U.S. coins of this time. Very little extra care was taken in minting and packaging the 1965 Special Mint Sets, so you see a lot of the same problems that are common on circulation strikes of the time on the 1965 Special Mint Set coins as well. Basically, a 1965 SMS coin is nothing but a glorified circulation strike made with a tiny bit more care and placed into a cellophane package. I hope this helps, as always ~Tom

I think it's die deterioration and split plating doubling as well. Both are very common on zinc Lincoln Cents and add no value to a coin. Your coin is worth face value.

Update-the 1981-S Type 2 Lincoln Cent in PF 68 Red Ultra Cameo and the 1979-S Type 2 Cent have sold and the links have been removed. Thanks So Much!!!