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OK, I truly consider this a ridiculous purchase, but if I want to complete the 20th century (circ coins) registry set I need it, no matter how much I really don't want it. . But at $9 it was cheap and would have cost me more than that to have one certified myself

Awesome coin, I remember the member name Curly but I do not think I had any personal interaction with him ats.

This poor girl was badly abused.

Welcome to the forum, just to echo what has already been said, your quarter received some damage after it left the mint that is not a strike through error. While you may consider this to be in good condition to many (most) collectors a damaged coin from this time period is mostly going to be only worth the value of the silver it was made from.

I agree with @powermad5000 as the last two steps are blended under the third column, the area under that third column seems to be the critical area of weakness on the Jefferson nickel rev. You coin would, imo, receive a 5FS but not qualify as 6FS.

This question of a cashless society has been discussed to death ats as so many members there are very keen to eliminate all the lower denominations but especially the poor Lincoln cent. I took the Denver mint tour prior to covid and here are the facts, yes the mint does lose money on the cent and nickel denominations, but what the people that say those should be abolished fail to tell you is that the mint more than makes up for those losses with the profits from all the other denominations that are coined. But there are many hurdles to the elimination of any coin production, it would devastate areas of the economy such as mining and all the subsequent processes that metal goes through before it becomes a coin. Too many people that think a cashless society is a good move fail to see the bigger economic picture and the overall impact that type of move would have on the economy. To your question of what would happen if coins ceased to be produced, there are two schools of thought. One as you suggest that coin collecting would go the way of dinosaurs, the other suggests that coin collecting would be stronger than ever due to no new supply. My view is that the government would continue to produce coinage but only for collectors not for circulation and that coin collecting would continue for any foreseeable future.

This little gal arrived just before the bell rang and this year's registry closed for judging. I was very happy to add this coin as it brought my New Orleans Type set to 50% complete which is a major milestone for that set for me. The remaining coins will be very tough to acquire as most are incredibly expensive, and several are difficult to find attractive examples of. These photos are from the dealer that I bought this coin from.

I used to see a few 30's to 50's nickels fairly often, but with the continued transition to CC transactions I am seeing less cash than ever. I still on occasion find a 50's or 60's nickel but that is about it for pre 1964 coinage. Nice to find a bit of silver in the wild.

38 rev is what I see. But correct me if I'm wrong, shouldn't that only be on the 39-P?

Agree with (most) of the advice above, there is nothing worth submitting for grading from the proof set you have.

A dryer coin is a very good possibility and would be my reply. Sorry for the ridiculous two replies above mine from the forum troll, he is a nuisance and is not trying to be helpful just a problem.

This coin along with the 1837 I posted above are recent buys that I acquired from a PCGS forum member, I doubt that either would straight grade but I'm happy with both as upgrades for my 7070 album.

Let me fix that for you. "Totally different from charging a fee to access jacked up show priced items". There you go.

I think the answer is NOPE!

I did not go but have been following the post ats and reports from dealers like Gerry Fortin, perhaps you have been also. It sounded like the wholesale was good and retail on Thurs was strong, but Fri and Sat were extremely weak retail days. A few collectors commented that they were able to find some things, but there have been several comments about low collector turnout. I cannot recall a single comment on younger collectors at the show which seems very different from other recent show reports. Considering the retail disaster the IMEX show was coupled with a seemingly smallish collector showing at this show I am wondering if we are seeing a trend developing or just a couple of one-off situations.

A partial filled die is a good possibility, at any rate it for sure is not a doubled die coin. It is a very nice looking coin for your collection.

Maybe someday, but not anytime soon for a great many reasons. The current administration would love that so they can track and tax your every move, but there are too many obstacles to make a true cashless society a reality now. Perhaps in 25-30 years it could happen, however, that will only give rise to trading and bartering. The more tightly the government tries to close its fist around the people, the more will slip through the cracks.

Apples and oranges, you are trying to compare tourist trap destinations or toll roads to a coin show, not the same not even close. And while it has been many years since I was in DC it cost me and my wife nothing to go into the Smithsonian and view all the coins on display there, maybe if you got out of the tax and charge me to death big apple you might see a completely new world.

@samclemen3991 while there are a couple of very anti TPG individuals on this forum, I would say that the bulk of the members are, much like yourself, quite happy with the services and product the TPG's do. But that does not mean that there are not deficiencies or areas that could be improved upon. And it is wise to not only listen to those who love your product but to those who find fault with it as well. I think that many here can relate to your collecting story and the issues that you faced in the past with problem coins. I would like to say that those problems are behind us, however, that is not completely true. TPG's are very good at weeding out a large portion of the chaff that gets sent to them, but mistakes do happen and issues like gradeflation have been and are a large problem in the hobby. I wholeheartedly agree that TPG's have made the hobby far better in many ways for the average collector, those who do not have the desire or means study coins and learn every possible nuance of grading or variety identification (I put myself into this latter category personally) have had their collecting ability enhanced by TPG's. I am also for any innovation that helps collectors be able to more easily identify quality coins and reject those that have issues and problems. CMQ may indeed help with that, but I have to admit I'm cautious when such a service is tied to an auction house, the possible conflict of interests is my concern. Time will tell if CMQ proves to be a value added service or just a group of experts using it to (possibly) manipulate auction results.

I have never purchased an ancient or studied them myself so I cannot add any content about the coin except to say that I find your example to be very attractive. Congrats on your addition.

@powermad5000 is correct this is the effect of die erosion; it makes for an interesting conversation piece but has no numismatic value.

Your comment assumes that dprince cares about what anyone here thinks of him, he clearly does not. He is not here to be helpful or provide any meaningful content, just to be a PIA and be as disruptive as possible. I would not be surprised if this an alt of an old account that was banned, best we can do is if everyone reports his nonsense posts to the mods perhaps the mods will become tired of getting numinous reports and take action.

Old news and your title is misleading. CMQ got started several months ago, I know a local collector that has used the CMQ service already several times. He has sent both CAC approved coins and some that were rejected by CAC, the results were as expected a bit scattered, but CMQ is "looser" than CAC as several of his coins that were rejected by CAC passed at CMQ with one or two getting the extra special CMQ-X. CMQ is more of a marketing gimmick and is not really that much like the service that CAC provides, imo. Yes CAC stickering will end at some time, but it is rather misleading to state that "CAC stickering will end" which to me implies that is happening tomorrow. If you read the replies in the post you linked JA himself states that the decision on terminating the stickering business will happen at the end of his ten year contract; although there has been speculation spread through the social media sites that stickering could end sooner than the 10 year horizon if the demand for stickers falls to a very low level.