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Yes those photos are much better from those I have a slight concern about the coin having been cleaned, the area just right of the head under "Y" sort of looks like a patch of hairlines. Also just in front of the mouth, but its also quite possible that those areas are just how the toning formed. If you know of a good coin shop in your area I would walk it in and ask for their opinion, photos are good but an in hand look would be better to see those areas. Assuming that those areas are fine then I would guess a grade of AU53, the details of the coin support an AU58 grade but I suspect that the grade would be lower due to the heavy hits/cuts on the obv and the slightly negative eye appeal of all the black spots. Still a nice key date coin.

PCGS very often returns submissions in their plastic boxes, they even use those boxes as promotional material to encourage submissions. A couple of recent examples were the orange boxes that would be use to return submissions of the colored basketball coins, and the current "limited time offer" of mint green boxes. Is it a good idea, well PCGS thinks so

What you are storing can also be a factor, the NGC plastic slab boxes are perfectly fine in most situations. However if you live in a very humid rainy area or if you are collecting copper coins (this is especially true if you collect copper in a humid area) then you might want to look into the Intercept Shield boxes IS boxes. Whichever storage system you choose I highly recommend the use of desiccant packets, they can be easily inserted into the plastic boxes and periodically dried out to remove any moisture they have absorbed.

Your photos are too out of focus to give you any real meaningful feedback on condition or grade. If this is a true 28 P then yes it could be worth sending in for authentication and grading if selling is your goal. If you plan to keep it in your collection for a long time then there is no immediate rush to send it in unless you suspect its a counterfeit.

Wow 10-12 shows a year is quite a few, are most of those local smaller shows or were those all the big major shows like FUN, or LB. Myself I will stop by the local monthly show maybe 6 times a year and when the big shows were happening I would go to the Long Beach show once every year or year and a half. I've never been to any large show other than LB as the costs for travel, food, and lodging for an east coast show would wipe out all the coin funds so no point in going.

As your still new Neo I just wanted to let you know that Rick is top shelf and a great guy to buy from. It can be difficult sometimes to know if you can trust someone on a chat forum but I have bought several coins from Rick with no issues.

Just wanted to give a shout out to the registry team here at NGC, I don't look at my sets all that often but tonight was looking thru this set and noticed the top pop icon. I don't know how long its been there, maybe it has for some time and I just had not seen it. But at any rate its kinda cool, so thanks for that NGC registry team.

Brown copper can be highly photogenic.

Very nice photos of very nice coins.

It may have been an EOR (end of roll) coin, however most of the time the coins that I have seen come from a crimped roll the colors would be reversed with the most color in the center of the coin that was exposed and the edge less or not effected at all as the paper of the roll protected it. And while there are some who will like the color that dark terminal toning very well may have begun to etch the surface of the coin. My suspicion is that there was another smaller coin on top of this coin which protected the center from whatever has caused the environmental damage to the edge.

Sounds like work.

For a coin of that age I would expect to see some tone, at least some light dove gray patina of some sort. For that reason I have to think that the coin was dipped prior to being sent for grading/slabbing. This does not bother me at all so long as the luster has not been damaged due to being over dipped, from the photos the luster looks strong so I don't see any issues with that. However the market and I differ on how we feel about dipped coins at this particular point in time, so I might be somewhat hesitant to pay full 66 money knowing that the market does not generally like the bright silver look for a coin like this. In reading what I've written it sounds like I'm trying to talk you out of buying this coin, that is not the case. Its a coin that I really like but at my age I always tend to think about the resale considerations too.

Just because you can feel a ridge does not automatically qualify as a missing clad layer error. While it is one possibility from the photos it appears that there is some substance, glue or other foreign matter which could also form a ridge. I suggest you soak the coin in acetone; pure acetone not your girlfriends nail polish remover; and see if the stain/gunk is loosened or removed. Do this in a well ventilated area and you will not need to soak for very long, maybe ten minutes at most. Acetone will dissolve most organic material but does not harm the metal during a short soak. If after that you still have a ridge feel then its possible that you could have a cladding error and at that time you can follow up with a local coin dealer who can examine it in hand not via photos. From what I see in the photos I expect that you will end up with a very clean bright shinny dime that you can handle without fear of covid.

Heck why bother then. Gerry Fortin has an 1814 lg capped bust dime in P63 CAC, not sure if that is high enough for you.

Good luck, top of the market coins are where the whales feed so be prepared to hand over lots of cheddar.

I would not describe it as a cull, but certainly worth about as much, my value would be 2 or 3 cents.

Looks as tho it has taken a good hit and the metal has been displaced to the viewers left and up which gives the appearance that the middle of the 8 is canted. Strictly PMD as I see it.

The coin you posted on the scale is a large date, it must be the small date made of copper to have value.

Photos are out of focus, from what little I can make out it just looks like damage.

That is a very nice find, however there is quite a difference in the odds of finding a coin with a mintage of over 1 million vs a coin that was never meant to be coined with a coinage guesstimate of ten or less.

I collect for a few reasons, first is the historical aspect. Old coins are a part of the history of the United States, and other countries for the darksiders; it would very interesting if a nicely worn barber dime in VF could talk about its time in commerce and tell tales of the industrial revolution. Or perhaps the tale of a 1940 Merc dime as a pocket piece of a D-Day Normandy survivor, a stretch maybe but still fun to think about. And given the younger generations attempts at erasing history saving any and all remnants seems like a good idea to me. Second is the beauty aspect, todays coinage for the most part is very boring more clip art than real artwork like coins of the past. It would be awesome to see some designs like the standing liberty quarter make it onto coins today, sadly that seems impossible in todays PC world. As to what I collect I am a huge history guy and I especially enjoy reading the history of one of our greatest leaders President Lincoln, so it should be no surprise that my primary area of collecting is Lincoln cents. While I would like to see our coinage today lose the dead president theme Mr. Lincoln is one that I could see leaving alone, his time in office and what he was able to accomplish at that time in history is truly inspiring. Beyond my main focus I have dabbled in almost everything I enjoy early copper and seated coinage as well as standing liberty quarters and mercury dimes, all of those are quite beautiful designs. The date sets in my sig line represent the ties to history that I enjoy with my mom's birth year set and the 1930 depression era set. I also have an almost complete Morgan date/mm set sans the really expensive dates, and of course gold is always welcome at the table as well.

Best of luck, surprised that the market there is that easy given the number of people that have been moving there. Here is way worse as we have had a massive influx of people moving out of CA and other states run by a certain political party. House prices here are skyrocketing with no end in sight, to "win" a house here you had better be prepared to bid way over ask and have a ton of cash on hand too.

Looks more like a die chip, did you attempt to match to the two known RPM's for this date/mm at Variety Vista ?

Welcome to the forum, I think your claim is highly doubtful for a number of reasons.