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Where do we get the hook up?

Have to be somewhat torn on this, on one hand the engraving is beautiful and so well done. On the other hand that is a seated dollar.

Thanks Lisa.

Damage from wire cutters.

It can and does happen, usually its a by product of improper storage. Some people very much like toned coins and some do not, deep cameo refers to when a coin looks black and white. The fields will look black and the portrait/letters look white (copper in the case of cents). I don't have a photo of one of my DCAM Lincolns so I pulled this obv from the NGC explorer.

Sorry but just Pareidolia, a fancy way to say that the mind sees what it wants to. That is not even close to the size or shape of the mint mark used for nickels.

Looks to be just MD (mechanical doubling) or die erosion not a true double die. This type of doubling is very common and very often mistaken by new collectors, MD is not valuable or collectable. I've attached a photo to help demonstrate the difference.

Welcome to the boards, you are more likely to get replies by starting your own thread instead of piggybacking on another one. Also most of the replies to questions in this section are answered by fellow collectors (like myself) and/or dealers not by employees of NGC. The way to tell the difference is that employees will have a light blue background surrounding their name everyone else is dark gray. As to your question die cracks and die chips are interesting but do not; in most cases; add any value so there is no reason for folks to pay (grading plus the extra fees for variety/error service) to send them in. Submitters of modern coins are mostly interested in ultra high grades, only an extreme die crack or large retained rim cud would be worth the money to send in. So while NGC graders may have seen many 2020 dimes, I doubt that any have been submitted for the reasons you ask about.

If you had a redbook you would have the info you need.

I was talking to a representative for Ship and Insure about reactivating my account there. She said she thought there was a discount for NGC members when shipping to NGC (and perhaps to CAC?) through FedEx. Is there any information you can provide on any shipping discounts available to NGC members. Regards

I an wondering if this coronavirus scare and the recent stock market devaluation that is in part tied to this issue will have any effect on auctions and coin buying in general. Often when something like this happens the "non-essential" spending is put on hold, do you think this will have a short/long term effect on the spending habits of collectors?

Does anyone have an example of what the photo vision looks like that they are willing to share? I have a couple of coins I'd like to submit and am wondering if the $8 is worth the price. In the past I have mostly used Mark Goodman for pictures, and while I consider him the very best if NGC does a good job I might opt for that on these to save the extra shipping costs.