Coinbuf

Welcome to the forum, in the future please be more clear on what information you are looking for, we are good guessers but that is not the best way.

From only that small area of the coin I would agree this looks like MD. @Alisha7 In the future please show us photos of the entire obv and rev of the coin, it makes it far easier for us to give you a more accurate answer.

I looked at the site briefly, seemed like a hodge-podge of over priced "stuff" that dealers might get in a bulk deal that they would want to sell to another accumulator. There might be some good things but in the short time I spent the site seems rather difficult to navigate and I just did not want to spend the time to figure it out.

I could be wrong but is looks like you have a real 1884 Morgan dollar that is incased inside that holder. I do not have any information on the holder as it is the first I have seen like it. Are there any markings or writing on the outside edge of the holder or on the back? How thick is the holder?

He shoots and he scores! Congrats on a nice pick.

He shoots and he scores! Congrats on a nice pick.

Cannot be a crossover as NGC will only cross PCGS holdered coins anymore, all others have to be cracked by the submitter or at NGC and submitted raw. Nobody is frowning on you but you very likely lost a fair bit of value by cracking that slab, most of the value of that coin in that grade was the slab which is very desirable to slab collectors. As you have discovered NGC does not recognize that VAM, They only recognize the top 100 and maybe a couple of others. Your only recourse now if you really want that VAM on the label is to spend more money on a coin that you have already put a lot of money into by sending to one of the other two services. Myself I'd just get a small round sticker, write VAM-4 on it slap it on the slab and call it good.

Welcome to the forum @Ben C. The way this works is that you need to post either an Indian Head Cent or a coin from 1892.

@JKK has given you the same advice that I would. From your earlier post I think you have some items of value but it needs to be evaluated before you can really develop a plan on the best steps to move forward. You can also call Great Collections and ask to speak to Ian (the owner) and see what advice and/or services he can provide, Ian is top shelf and will might be able to point you to someone that he may know in your area of the country to help with an early assessment. If you have not already I suggest that you make an inventory of what you have using excel or something similar to help you sort and track what you have.

In my opinion it was a useless post, the op asked one question but really wanted an answer to a completely different aspect, how in the world would anyone expect the answer they seek biased upon how the post was worded and what was shown. It just seems a pointless thread to waste others time, what I really disliked was skip's reply. As I now have him blocked here as I did ATS before he was banned I won't have to read skip's drivel anymore. BTW nothing wrong with farmers, I know I like to eat.

I would assume the same evidence that supports the theory that they exist at all; assumptions, guesses, and hype.

Interesting I thought I read that the new software did not support sig lines so I never even looked for them, learned something new today.

Thats wierd I dont see a sig line in my replies or on any other poster.

No in the real world not your fantasy world where Skip is all knowing. Looks like you will be a cancer here just as you were ats.

Foolish and irresponsible.

Only problem is this software does not allow sig lines, thus there is no link as there is no sig line.

Well first off the red book is an excellent reference but the pricing is not for graded/slabbed coins. Second there is no way to have a coin graded cheaper unless you have bulk grading ability which I do not think is available to collectors. It will be far cheaper and easier for you to purchase one already in a PR70 holder than to submit one yourself. I just did a quick search of ebay and there are several available as low as $25.

That is just some kind of gunk stuck or glued to the coin, not an error.

Just pocket change that has been thru heck and back.

I cannot think of any US coin that in the grade of MS/PR 70 would only be valued at $10, some at the MS/PR67 level yes but not 70, do you have an example of such a coin?

Here you go, Rudman is currently #3. I am at #350 I don't think I'll ever have to worry about cracking the top ten. Coin collectors rank

Maybe this is where Richie's dime came from.

I think the whole story is bogus and made up to market some coins, but nobody knows for sure that is alive.

Lets keep it rolling.

And then it can depend on the set, some coins may have a big value for a core set but the value that its given for say a type set can and often is very different. As I recall the rational for this is that in a type set a Lincoln cent is given a low point score as its not biased on that one coins' conditional rarity but rather a more generic value given to the type. Lol better stop thinking about it sooner than later.