Mohawk

I see nothing unusual about this coin at all.  It's just a regular 1963 cent.  Robert......none of these coins you've posted have been anything close to what you've thought they are.  They've all been completely normal coins with no indications of anything unusual at all.  I think you're experiencing pareidolia.  Pareidolia is the same thing which makes people see shapes in clouds, so basically seeing things that are not there.  Hoopster posted a couple of websites up for you to look at.  I'd suggest that you do so and spend some time with them.  Those sites will show you what actual errors and varieties look like and how to spot them.  Researching them will also show you why the coins you've posted up so far have been nothing special.  If you're interested in coin collecting and hunting errors and varieties, those sites are going to be good resources for you.  I'm also going to add another for you to check out:
 
https://www.error-ref.com/

I think I remembered reading something about a weakly struck variety for that year, so I got out my Snow book and laid it on the couch, to look at when we got back from going to a friend's house to eat. When I got home, I discovered that my wife's new rescue dog had eaten the cover and shredded many of the pages. I tried to find the 1857 pages and piece them together, but no luck. 

I'll have to get the book.  (Not the turtle or dog)  LOL!
 
Chris

I'm with the others, Joe. SGS was a scam grading company, but you won't get in trouble for owning that coin in that slab.  If I remember correctly, PF 70 or MS 70 were the only grades SGS would actually give out, regardless of how a coin looked or the actual grade the coin was in.  That's a big part of what got them into trouble.

So this is the consensus here?  
 
 

Man, I know nearly nothing about Russian Empire stuff (I tend to go Soviet when I go Russian), but I think Jonathan is right on about the improper storage causing the rub.  I'd be comfortable with MS 62 or MS 63 for this coin.

My fiancée and I are doomed to deal with this situation at some point.  For years, we've heard about this big collection of coins her grandfather built and what an astute buyer he was, all without actually seeing any of what he had built.  Her grandfather's been dead for years and her grandmother is kind of.....weird, for want of a better word, about these coins.  So, flash forward to about a year and a half ago.  Her grandmother is showing clear signs of dementia and decline, and my father-in-law was helping her with some things and in the midst of this, he managed to get some photos of this coin collection we'd heard so much about.  Lo and behold, we see mountains of junk silver, lots of Littleton packaging, Ziplocs full of Wheat cents......you know the kind of accumulation I'm speaking of.  So, it would appear that my fiancée's grandfather wasn't the astute collector that everyone assumed he was.  My fiancée, being a coin collector and being a part of the coin world for 13 years, was actually the first one to say that her grandfather had basically accumulated junk, with which I agreed completely.  But if we have to do anything with this accumulation before her grandmother dies, that's probably going to get ugly......I dread having to make her grandmother realize that her husband was in no way an astute collector, or even a collector.  He was a hoarder and accumulator.  That is the reality of the situation.  The good thing about this situation is that my father-in-law listened to us and he completely believes us and understands why what his father accumulated was junk.  He's a great guy....very mellow.  When we told him the true nature of this accumulation, he was just like "Well, he clearly didn't do his homework and just bought indiscriminately.  I think he just bought silver, despite what Mom thinks."  In this situation, I hope for two things.  1. That we have to deal with this accumulation after my fiancée's grandmother dies.  It'll make it a lot easier if we never have to explain to her that her husband was in no way an astute collector. 2. That my malignant narcissist of a mother-in-law just stays the hell out of it.  That woman can always make a bad situation even worse. 

I agree. Every time I do a google search on a coin thats the first thing that pops up Esty adds for common junk with a $500,000 price tag. Google needs to do something about those adds being the first thing people see. Some people really believe that nonsense. 

Oh definitely, Hog.  You Tube is a plague on the hobby in that way.  Etsy also hurts because it is a platform for people to list up $50,000 parking lot errors.  People see those garbage listings and assume that their damaged, worthless coin is worth $50,000.

My fiancée and I are doomed to deal with this situation at some point.  For years, we've heard about this big collection of coins her grandfather built and what an astute buyer he was, all without actually seeing any of what he had built.  Her grandfather's been dead for years and her grandmother is kind of.....weird, for want of a better word, about these coins.  So, flash forward to about a year and a half ago.  Her grandmother is showing clear signs of dementia and decline, and my father-in-law was helping her with some things and in the midst of this, he managed to get some photos of this coin collection we'd heard so much about.  Lo and behold, we see mountains of junk silver, lots of Littleton packaging, Ziplocs full of Wheat cents......you know the kind of accumulation I'm speaking of.  So, it would appear that my fiancée's grandfather wasn't the astute collector that everyone assumed he was.  My fiancée, being a coin collector and being a part of the coin world for 13 years, was actually the first one to say that her grandfather had basically accumulated junk, with which I agreed completely.  But if we have to do anything with this accumulation before her grandmother dies, that's probably going to get ugly......I dread having to make her grandmother realize that her husband was in no way an astute collector, or even a collector.  He was a hoarder and accumulator.  That is the reality of the situation.  The good thing about this situation is that my father-in-law listened to us and he completely believes us and understands why what his father accumulated was junk.  He's a great guy....very mellow.  When we told him the true nature of this accumulation, he was just like "Well, he clearly didn't do his homework and just bought indiscriminately.  I think he just bought silver, despite what Mom thinks."  In this situation, I hope for two things.  1. That we have to deal with this accumulation after my fiancée's grandmother dies.  It'll make it a lot easier if we never have to explain to her that her husband was in no way an astute collector. 2. That my malignant narcissist of a mother-in-law just stays the hell out of it.  That woman can always make a bad situation even worse. 

Actually it's probable, conducting test strikes.
I'd think the image was created on screen and has no valid url record to recall simply if deleted.
When testing a new choice of design adjustment, the computer designer would need to leave the image in case the outcome is chosen FOR the original instead.
That's how a modified hub doubled die is possible in the single squeeze hubbing era.

See if you can find an exact match here
Www.doubleddie.com
Www.varietyvista.com
 

I'm with the others, Joe. SGS was a scam grading company, but you won't get in trouble for owning that coin in that slab.  If I remember correctly, PF 70 or MS 70 were the only grades SGS would actually give out, regardless of how a coin looked or the actual grade the coin was in.  That's a big part of what got them into trouble.

Excellent point, they hype up the value and lead people to believe there are great rarities in every pile of pocket change!

Ooh!! I LOVE a good $3, James!! That's a really cool note...I may have to hunt one of those down for the ol' currency portfolio myself!

I know I already did this today but......

If someone who is as bored by U.S. history as I am knows that's highly incorrect, then a George Takei "Oh My" is all I can say.......

I'm with the others, Joe. SGS was a scam grading company, but you won't get in trouble for owning that coin in that slab.  If I remember correctly, PF 70 or MS 70 were the only grades SGS would actually give out, regardless of how a coin looked or the actual grade the coin was in.  That's a big part of what got them into trouble.

In this instance, I think "MS-70" is an abbreviation for "Merely Slabbed - Number 70."

You cannot get in trouble for having that, however it would be unwise to sell it and represent it as actually being an MS70 coin.   But there is no reason to be concerned about owning that coin/slab combo in your collection.

That dime is far from a 70. One of many garage grading companies that grossly inflates grades. There are many of them. 
 
The marks on the neck and cheek keep this mid MS. It’s nice, but not perfect. Surprised they didn’t throw full bands on as well although it looks like the bottom bands are weak on this too. 

This gets into what I call the Bampaw misconception. Many families have a coin collector, typically an older male, and to everyone else in the family he seems like this coin wizard. Bampaw knows amazing things and has amazing things. Then Bampaw passes on, and his family has the collection, which they have had 20-50 years to imagine is the equal of a lottery win. So they start to investigate it, and the hardest part is finding out that Bampaw was a coin person_of_limited_faculties. The first natural response is denial and maybe suspicion that maybe people have something to gain. So in essence, they just have to be told the same thing enough times, if necessary by a TPG, that in fact Bampaw didn't know that much and collected crappy cleaned junk with a nice sprinkling of replicas and phonies. And it sucks for you because you're the bearer of bad tidings--and didn't even get paid for that.

Mr. Miyagi is right as usual 

Don't get that near your coins, period!!! Unless.....you want to make yourself an Etsy error.  In that case, that's likely the right tool for the job..........

Now THAT'S something right there!! I wonder how many cents are on that car........