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the Blakesley is not required for a straight clip because a straight clip happens when the blank is punched rather than in the press. But I have seen some straight clips with the Blakesley effect, I assume it happens when the coin is struck because of the blank not being round. But I am not an expert on this area or effect and I may be wrong on that.

Actually, this looks like a legit straight clip, the opposing side shows a clear Blakesley effect and there is the proper tapering of the rim next to the clip.

Some cool coins your father collected, I know nothing about world coinage so I cannot be of any help with these, but that 10 Pfennig sure looks interesting.

Congrats, it is always nice to fill in that empty spot, especially if you have been looking for a bit.

Looking at the photos on VV that @J P M linked, those all look to me like die chips or very minor cuds. The op's coin just looks like die erosion to me but it might be worth posting on the CONECA forum for additional feedback.

Just to add to what @Sandon wrote, you can create your own custom set where you can list as many examples or duplicates of any coin or specific date/mm. But in the competitive registry you can only have one coin per slot. You can if you like rotate the duplicates in a competitive set, but one coin only is visible at a time.

Yep just damaged, a spender.

So you plagiarized the NGC website and did not give credit where credit is due, what a surprise. Sorry, I'm sure that plagiarized is too big a word since your vocabulary is limited to four letter words; here is the definition of plagiarism from the on-line Merriam-Webster dictionary. Notice how I have given proper credit where credit is due. " to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source" The question is why did you start this thread at all, you put forth no new information since you just plagiarized the first part and then gave extremely poor investment advice. Actually, this post does make sense, it is a perfect reflection of you.

And yet you found a way to include lots of misinformation in your own op. The Liberty nickel series has never been "widely collected by date and mint" as you erroneously state in the op. Bty, do let me know if big words like erroneously are too much for you, I'll be sure to sue more like it. A quick search of the NGC registry shows 469 Liberty nickel sets compared to 1,480 Buffalo nickel sets and 6,000 Jefferson nickel sets, but sure you go on believing that Lib nickels are widely collected. Dang you cannot even put together your own thread without filling it up with misinformation and garbage. And since I expect that this is too advanced information for you to comprehend, the entire coin market has gone up since covid, so yes Lib nickels have risen in prices some because a rising tide lifts all boats.

Poor mike, trying so hard to be one of the cool kids, so pathetic but you would need a brain first. Did you play the straw man in The Wizard of Oz, I can just see you wandering around your overpass muttering "if I only had a brain"

Great site with tons of information, glad to see people that use it.

I am going to throw in a wild card, just because I just had Mark Goodman take some photos of this girl and I want to. This was originally bought in 2002 raw and is still raw today.

It might have been a die chip, however what I see is just from wear, not an error and has no numismatic value over face value.

It would help if you could provide an image of the packaging you are referring to. The Heritage I know of is a collectables auction company, however, there are and have been some private mints that have coined some items. Coins or medals that are coined in private mints are not always eligible for grading and encapsulation by a TPG like NGC.

You have what is commonly called an Indian Head Cent often abbreviated as IHC. This coin was minted in 1859 and was a one year type with the laurel wreath reverse, in 1860 the reverse design was changed to include a shield, the shield reverse design was then used until 1909 when the IHC was replaced with the Lincoln cent. It is impossible to determine if your coin is genuine from just this one photo, however, in this very poor condition the coin is only worth a few dollars. Welcome to the forum.

The information that Sandon provided is correct, the only Matte finish cents were produced in 1909 and the early to mid twenty teens. You coins are well circulated coins that have been cleaned in the past and have acquired some tone color from how they were stored. While some people would like this look experienced collectors would generally not be interested in these coins as they have no numismatic value, they are worth around three or four cents each which is the current market value of the copper each coin contains.

You may want to read her other threads before making that assumption, I get the impression that she may not.

The only packaging that NGC will allow submitters to submit coins in is official US mint packaging, everything else you need to submit each coin in individual (non PVC) 2-1/2 X 2-1/2 plastic flips. You should be able to find these on-line or at a local coin shop.

Another swing and miss by the master of wrong information mike.

None of these coins are worth the cost to submit, also you have posted this inquiry in the NGC registry section. This section is for discussion of the NGC registry, you need to post questions like this in the "Ask NGC" or Newbie sections of the forum.

There are several tiers that you could use, there is no way for anyone to answer your question without knowing what you have to submit and some photos so we can assess the condition and determine a reasonable value. The tiers are all biased on the values of coins being submitted, it sounds like you have no idea what you have or the value of the coin(s) you wish to submit. If you are uncomfortable sharing that here you may want to take your coins into a local coin shop and see if the owner there can help you with values, but somehow you need that information before you can choose a tier. It would be very unlikely that you have any modern coins that would exceed a value of 3K. But as with my answer to your first question we would need more information to be able to fully answer your question. Also, you need to include at least a rough value estimate for each coin you submit on the submission form. I would highly suggest that you review the list of authorized dealers on the main NGC site to see if you can find a dealer local to you and see if that dealer is willing to help you put together your first submission.

That is what the PCGS price guide shows, however, the guide is only that, a guide. A search of auction results from Great Collections or ebay would give you a better real world idea of value. Also, you are looking at a very high grade in the guide, your coin has numerous marks and would not grade that high in my opinion. Here is a screen shot of the closed auction results from GC for MS66 full step examples, in all honesty I am not sure your coin would even grade that high or with full steps due to the nick on the top step. As you can see the sellers of these coins just about broke even if these were bulk submission coins after the costs to grade, slab, and selling fees. If you cannot submit through the bulk program you would be under water on a coin like this at this grade.

Thanks for the additional thoughts and ideas, don't know what the outcome will be just yet but I'll circle back and update once I decide. @CIII that is a very nice 1885 you have, looks like it should have graded higher, maybe just not enough luster in the eyes of the graders, but a fine example for the date.

There is no report function in the new registry system, one of its flaws. You can however use the old registry system and that does have a good report function. Use this LINK to access the old registry system, use the same login user name and password that you use to sign in to the forums/registry. Once you are signed in you will be at the control panel screen. Just to clarify, the old system is updated when you add coins to the new system so it is a mirror of the new system, however, it has a lot more functions and ability to add much more data on each coin than the new system. This is also where you can create custom sets just in case you were not aware of that. Hover your mouse over the My Collection tab and a dropdown menu will appear, reports is the last choice, click on that. Now you can select from a list of reports (I usually only run the inventory report but there are a few choices) which report you want, leave the date added area blank if you want all coins. The item status will let you choose if you want sold coins, owned coins, or want list coins. And use the final selection to choose if you want all your coins in inventory or you can choose to run the report for just the coins in a single registry set. The only problem is that you have no way to sort before the report is run, so I download the report into Excel and then I can sort or customize the report as I need. Hope this helps.