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It has been plated, that accounts for the mushy look of the coin, the extra weight, and the ability to be attracted to a magnet.

Looks better and probably time for her to leave the spa and return to the family.

I love the IS boxes for all my copper coins.

That is not what an uncirculated Indian cent looks like, not even close. There are many resources on this site and the web in general that you can use to see what an uncirculated coin would look like and how your coin would grade.

Looks good, easy to get around. The real test will be when you get your first sale.

Yes your missing everything everyone has told you so far.

You are under no obligation to believe us; you are free to send in your coins for grading no one is stopping you. We are only telling you that it will be a huge waste of money as the coins you have posted have no value over the face value.

There were 7 different variations of the Lincoln cent made in 1982, some were copper that weigh 3.11 grams and some that are the current zinc center with copper cladding which weigh 2.5 grams. There were a few just a small handful of copper blanks that were struck using the dies for the new zinc cent, those 3 or 4 known coins are what everyone is told they can find and get rich off. I'm sorry to say that your chance of winning the lottery while simultaneously wrestling an alligator in Death Valley is better than the chance of finding another of those coins. No one knows for sure how those few came to be, one theory is that some left over copper blanks were stuck in a tote and got mixed in with the new zinc blanks. It is as good a theory as any, but we will never know for sure why, what we do know is that it is more than just unlikely that you will ever find one in your sock drawer. We get this question here on this forum almost week, many times multiple times a day, and never has anyone had the magic bullet. But we are happy to help so please do post your coins and we can help to identify them for you.

There is useful good information on youtube, and there is also a significant amount of misinformation there too. It has less to do with outright lying, which there is some of, but more to do with getting you to click on their ads so they make money. That is done by making sensational videos that promise you will get rich quick, like how rich you can get off of pocket change. If it was that easy everyone would be doing it already. What that does is make money for the guy or company that set up the video, it will not make you rich. It is true that there are many coins that are worth many thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars, however you will not be finding those coins in your sock drawer like the videos claim you can.

It sounds like you understand just fine, no that dime is not an error coin just damaged

Looks to be just a stain of some kind from what I see in your photo.

No it is just damaged it is not a mint error, just a spender

Same yours also looks to be a replica, there are way more replicas out there than real coins. These replicas are bought as tourist items at lots of places, and there are also tons of Chinese fakes.

You tube is full of click bait videos that are designed to misinform people or hype super rare errors to get views. From your photos none of the coins you have is worth more than the face value of $1 There are a very small handful of valuable Ike dollars due to those coins being mint errors or because those coins are in superb condition. All the coins you have provided photos of are just normal coins that were used in commerce and are in far less than superb condition.

How do you know it is silver? Looks to be a cast fake from your photos, not my area of specialization so lets see what others have to say. Welcome to the forum.

From a grading standpoint it would need to grade as PF70UCAM to be worth the cost of grading, from your photos it does not even look to be CAM, but different photos might change my assessment. What is your plan for the coin? Are you wanting to crack this out and add to a set of Kennedy halves raw, or send it in for grading? Yes it is a type 4 but I cannot tell if you have the clad (I think it is) or the silver.

Very clearly a fake, welcome to the forum

It for sure is a sickness and I'm totally infected with no cure in sight.

Welcome to the forum, we would need far more information and photos of the coin in question to answer your question. Eisenhower dollars (commonly called Ikes) were made from 1971 through 1978 with different designs, different metal compositions, and different methods of manufacture. It would also be very helpful if you would provide the source of your information, "they" could be anyone with access to the internet.

Interesting issue, from the full coin and slab shot I would have said small lamination or a minor planchet flaw. But the close up seems to show the metal pushed to the viewers right creating a very tiny ridge of metal from a hit. As to your question about how high a coin can/should grade with a small defect the simple answer is that a coin can grade all the way to MS69 as only an MS70 requires perfection; or at least as perfect as we can get from the minting process. The key is where that defect is and how much it affects the eye appeal, I can see why this coin was given the grade it was and at the same time I can see the argument against the high grade. You will not find that many Jefferson Nickels with that "look", it for sure has what it takes both from the color and luster to receive that 68 grade. So, the question is how much do the minor ticks and nicks (many of those I believe were planchet marks that did not fully strike out) and the cheek mark affect the grade. As we can see NGC felt that most or all these were present at the time of striking and chose not to let those affect their thought on the grade. In the end it comes down to are you comfortable with the price you paid and does that match your determination of the value of the coin.

Cool OMM Lem.

Very nice gesture!

A very nice idea, hopefully the material you used for the gaskets will not outgas and change the appearance of the coins.

PCGS only requires 5 full steps to give the designation of FS, and as PCGS does not differentiate between 5 and 6 steps by default they are considered to be 5 full steps. The software has no way to know if the PCGS coin you have has only the PCGS requirement of 5 full steps or all 6.

I suspect that covie will continue to gum up the works for quite some time to come, sad but true I' afraid.