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NGC does encapsulate COA's on some issues to accompany the coins, I do not collect or submit modern coins of this type so I'm unsure on your coins. If that is of interest to you you might want to contact customer service to see if that service is available for the COA's of your coins, I believe the fee for the COA encapsulation is $25 per COA.

That is a very nice addition, and some great information and background to the piece. As to your thoughts on prices I too have seen the rapid rise of prices both at the auction blocks and for the retail prices. It is becoming very difficult for me to want to spend too much more money as I'm worried that this could just be a bubble and I don't want to be caught if the air in this market reduces rapidly. I bought more this year than I had planned, partly as there were more really nice coins that were brought out as a result of the higher prices, and my desire to finish a couple of sets. I think that next year will see far less spending on coins and more time enjoying the coins I have.

Not to derail the song writing but going back to your op coin, @GBrad nailed it. This is just a form of die deterioration that mimics doubling, not a true doubled die.

Good luck with your submissions, I hope you will stop back and update us with your results. I'm questioning a couple myself, however trying to judge surfaces and even color from photos can be tricky and even more so when in flips.

Fantastic 1956 @JBock

I do not own that many modern Lincolns, but I actually do kind of like the shield design.

Not an S/D, could well be one of the many RPM's for this date (there are a ton).

There is a collector for every coin, it is just a matter of the two finding each other.

Hmmm well I only see two coins but no stamps, if I'm not mistaken the larger presidential commemorative is the same coin you posted earlier so the info on that coin is in your other thread. The Dime looks to be an impaired proof coin, proof coins were struck by the US mint for proof sets and sold to collectors. These were not meant to be part of the circulating coinage but from time to time some get spent. Any numismatic value it had was lost once it was spent, value is 10 cents just as any other dime. Please in the future crop your photos so we can see the coin not a screen full of background, post both sides of the coin, and let us know what your question(s) are. We are not mind readers.

The 1883-S is one of the expensive early dates, it never really made much sense to me given that its not all that rare as there are many examples available even up to MS64. Sounds like its time to reload the piggy bank and then renew the search.

Dup post

Your posts were nothing but thinly veiled hate and bash posts against those who do not collect the way you do.

In all honesty this post; as well as some of your other posts in this thread; smack of jealousy and envy. Very few collectors; be they wealth or poor; strive for the worst coins they can find. I say very few because those that collect low ball coins buck the trend and do just that. I can remember a time when I thought as you are suggesting in this thread, that there is no joy in attaining a top pop coin just because you can afford it. I was wrong and you are wrong, sure for an investor who is just buying a balance sheet item there may indeed be very little joy associated in a high level high dollar coin purchase. And yes there is some chest thumping mine is bigger/better than yours that goes on between the whales. But it is wrong to paint everyone that buys a top pop coin with the same brush, I was wrong when I did so and you are wrong now. I have many top pop coins, for example I own a 1916-S Lincoln cent in MS66BN. This is the highest graded coin in any color designation for that date/mm, was a one of one now one of two, and in addition mine is the only CAC approved coin. I am not wealthy but I receive great enjoyment every time I view that coin, in fact the same level of enjoyment that I get when I view my circulated coins. Not because I can flaunt it in front of anyone and flex my lower appendage; but because I find it and most of my coins to be very beautiful. I think if you got to know some wealthy collectors, or even modest collectors that enjoy collecting high grade coins you might be very surprised to find that they are more like yourself than they are different. Yes the money allows them to buy those high priced high grade coins, but to assume that they receive no joy from those purchases and the ownership of those coins is just flat wrong.

If you bought those then yes you allowed yourself to be ripped off. I say allowed because there is more than enough information on every one of those coins that had you done any research before buying it should have been very obvious that all of these are fake. If you can return them then I would recommend that you do so before the day is out.

It has been damaged from a coin counting machine, its worth $.25, welcome to the forum.

They should automatically update, however that may take a couple of days for the two systems to update and communicate.

Perfect solution!

Sorry that you spent the money, we call it tuition and many collectors (myself included) have paid it. Learn from it and move forward is the best thing you can do.

@gmarguli those are a couple of very nice coins, congrats. I did have a few bids in but like many I was blown out of the water and won zilch.

It is the amount of knowledge shared by the NGC experts that make this site so awesome, thanks to Mr. Lange for the link to that excellent article.

It could be just about any 194_ date, the coin is far too corroded to say with certainty what the date is. 1941 or 1948 are the most likely possibilities, either of which is far, FAR more likely than a copper 1943. At any rate I do not believe that any TPG or knowledgeable numismatist would ever agree or certify a coin in this damaged and corroded condition as a genuine copper 1943 cent.

One that I used to own

A lovey half cent @The Neophyte Numismatist

It looks real, a heavily circulated example that has done its job in the process of commerce.