Coinbuf

I am sure it will happen but there was never a firm timeframe only that the first awards are scheduled for Aug 2021. As that is still over a year away I am guessing a launch sometime the first qtr of 2021, but that is just my uninformed guess.

Welcome to the boards, for us to give you any info we need clear cropped (non angled) photos of both the obv and rev of the coin.

I will preface my remarks by saying that I don't collect moderns so I haven't seen enough examples of these to have a strong idea of what the mint quality was or the pops for each of these. So with that in mind, in order: 1) 2009 Northern Mariana Islands - very clean and hit free but the photos don't show any discernable luster. If the luster is strong I would consider this one as a possible submission candidate 2) 2009 Virgin Islands - same as above not seeing any luster in the pics. 3) 2019 Guam - Very nice and seems to have good luster, almost prooflike from the photo. I probably wouldn't submit this one due to the reeding marks on the obv portrait. 4) 2019 Guam - This is the one I like the least, the obv has a long gash across the cheek and hit on the neck area. The rev has what looks like some haze on the left side, this might come off with acetone. This one does have what looks like an interesting clash mark on the top of George's head. All four are great album coins and the two 2009 coins might be good for submission depending on what the pops and luster in hand are like. If there are already a lot of high grade examples of these two in the pop reports then it might not make financial sense to bother with them even if the luster is great.

I too am hoping that the op will update with pics of the edge, from what I know most coins struck out of collar will show damage along the rim on the obv and/or rev. Perhaps if this was struck out of collar by just a smidge the edge should show some signs of scraping or damage

I don't know where you got this info but not everyone is rounding up, I know I have not been.

You are not correct this is from "The Lincoln Cent Resource" The top of the 1 in the Small Date is level with the top of the 9. In the Large Date the top of the 1 is below the top of the 9 The coin you have in your op photos the 1 is below the top of the 9, you have a lg date and that's all it is. But if your convinced please send it in, its your money and your education.

Yep been reported and discussed on other forums already. Its not really a shortage so much as a delivery/rotation issue, banks have not been getting as much coin in due to lobby closures and armored delivery's have been impacted due to the covid. There is plenty of coinage once things can get back to normal; whatever that may look like; and banks are open and able to accept change and the armored services get back to regular deliveries.

The top one was struck from fresh dies and has toned.

I think its a misaligned rev die (MAD).

Anything over 5X is just a waste, the higher the magnification the more pareidolia. Everything looks like something at high magnification, graders only use a loupe to verify what they see with the eye.

No and yes, no to the ddo/ddr and yes its worth $.05

Nice.

I'm not buying or bidding as this has had a very negative impact on my business and thus disposable income is way down for me. But I have been watching a few coins that I would have very much liked to have bid on and they all went for strong to very strong money.

Welcome to the boards, the US mint has at times put together some youth sets but those usually were only a few (or one) US coins. I don't know if they still have anything like that but you could check out the website as a start. Another good way is to find a local coin dealer, most have a junk box or bin that might contain a broader selection of world and US coins. Those coins are usually not very expensive maybe a buck or two each and could be a great way to stimulate his curiosity and provide a spark for collecting. Another option would be to get an inexpensive album and some starter coins, like say the current shield Lincoln cents, that is something you can sit with him and go through pocket change to find new coins for the album. Here is an inexpensive folder style holder for the shield cents. Shield Cent folder

Man that was one wore out die.

Keep em, they will be worth more in 2020 double mustard.

And yet notice that the tech Hall talked about is not in use, in fact we have moved away from grades that are biased on grading by standards (what little there ever were) into market grading. And there is no room for machine grading under market grading, grading by a machine is all about technical standards. However under the market grading process grading criteria such as strike and marks are given far less weight and instead gives much higher importance to eye appeal, a highly subjective component that cannot be done by a machine because its an emotional response. I would love a return to a more technical grading with published and real standardized standards over the current "its got easter egg colors so bump it a grade" way things are done now, but I don't run any TPG companies so what I want or think is of very little concern.

Computer grading would greatly reduce the profits and bottom line over time of any TPG, thus there is no incentive to adopt and use such tech. Just one example where the hobby suffers to protect the profits.

I could see G4 for this coin.

Welcome to the boards, the Jefferson nickel design started in 1938 and the mintmark was placed on the reverse of the design. In 1968 the design was modified and the mintmark was moved to the obverse side of the coin. Old nickels can be found in change even today, just last week I found a 1948 and have two almost complete date and mm sets that I have built just from change finds. Because these are still very common to find in circulation condition is very important, the coin you posted has seen significant time sliding across many circle K counters and is only worth its face value of $.05. Old nickels are a fun find but unless very high grade do not have any numismatic value over face, the only exception are the coins from the WWII war years as those have a silver content. They are very easily identified as the mintmark is very large and was placed above Monticello on the reverse instead of to the side of it.

A very beautiful coin and a popular series to collect, I tend to prefer a blast white coin but the market overall is more in favor of easter egg colors. What grade do you want your set to be? There are some very tough coins in the MS range so do the homework be picky and you'll have a great set when done.

I cannot discern any doubling in the areas you have indicated from your photos, I also think the overall condition of the coin will factor into what amount of premium (if any) can be expected.

I don't have any experience with this area, however my feeling is that if you have lots of documentation to prove when and why a coin was minted it may be possible. The documentation would need to be airtight as any TPG would need to be able to corroborate that both the documents and coin are authentic.

Good luck with VV, I hope you can update us with a new discovery.