Coinbuf

Welcome to the forum, sadly I can only echo what has already been said, this is not an error just a coin that was unintentionally or perhaps intentionally mutilated.

Where do you see any object that is retained on this ASE?? I see some discoloration/tarnish/gunk/staining that looks like residue from spilled coffee over a rubber band that was used to hold together a group of ASE's. But I do not see any strike through of any type, retained or otherwise.

Sometimes the conservation may reveal an old cleaning that the crud, haze, or artificial tone was hiding. Thus a coin that has been conserved is not immune to receiving a details grade after the conservation.

Your link takes us to a page not found, perhaps HA decided to pull the item. As far as the reason it was not an error in WWII is that was done intentionally vs the modern day brassy cents which are not intentional. As the modern brassy cents are not intentional, they would have to be considered a variety or an error; it would seem that NGC decided placing them under the error umbrella is the proper choice in their opinion.

Your closeup photos are out of focus and aside from DDO-1 and DDO-2 the other minor business strike DDO's for this year are very minor. Given the circulated condition of your coin it would not (imo) be worth the money to have this coin graded by a TPG. If in hand you are very certain it matches up to one of the minor DDO's I would put it in a 2X2, label the 2X2 and hold on to it.

It is possible that his car may have had a tracking device attached to it, thus it is wrong to assume he was not situationally aware and checking to see if he was being followed.

I would say that you ae 100% correct, he will be back with another bogus claim, why? because he enjoys trolling and all the attention he receives.

None of the above, just the effect of a worn out die that was used past it's time.

Maybe if you throw out enough word salad something will stick.

Damage after it left the mint causes that.

It might be easier to find what you ae looking for if you know what to look for rather than guessing.

While I am not ruling this out, I think you are seeing rim nicks that the light is catching and making it look that way.

Damaged.

Does not look like a proof or DMPL from your photos.

I do not recall the exact terminology, but it happens because of the heat that is generated at the time of the strike. That creates an air bubble between the zinc core and the copper plating. There is a better more in-depth explanation that I read once, just don't remember where I read that at.

It would be easier to answer your question with a simple full coin photo of the obv and rev not this terrible microscope shot. But it looks like some glue or similar substance on the surface, an acetone bath would likely remove the glue.

Show us a non microscope photo of the full obverse and reverse of the coin and we will be better able to answer your question. From the limited view and terrible quality photos you have provided it looks to be a close AM.

Welcome to the forum, as you are new you may not be aware that NGC staff are not able to provide guidance on values or grades from photos. I see no evidence in your photos of any true die doubling, just a bit of minor and worthless strike doubling. The mint struck over 11 million Peace dollars in 1924, these coins are very common and only have high values when in exceptional condition. Your coin shows clear signs of circulation wear and marks and would not grade higher than AU, well below exceptional condition. Common Peace dollars in circulated condition like yours get most of their value from the silver content and trade/sell close to the spot price of silver. So today your coin is worth $30-$35 to most buyers in the coin market, a bit less would be offered by a dealer or silver junk buyer. It would cost you upwards of $60 to submit your coin for grading and it would still be worth only $30-$35 dollars once you got it back. Your call but I would not choose to spend twice the value of my coin on grading and certification.

Highly unlikely, but much better photos or an in hand review would be needed.

I'm not a variety guy so I have no answers to provide you, I have read your other threads here on this issue. I assume that you know that with the exception of Mr. Lange prior to his passing representatives of NGC do not interact with forum members except for the registry and ask NGC sections of the forum. The only advice I can give is to call NGC customer service, I have found them to be very helpful and far easier to contact than the PCGS CS reps.

This is a proof cent and while I understand that it is "beautiful" to you, it is not a deep cameo coin and it looks to have been impaired and has very little value in this condition. If you still wish to submit the coin to NGC you are certainly welcome and able to do that, but it will not be a very good use of your money. However, if the coin has some special connection or meaning to you it may be worth it to you to still have the coin graded and encapsulated. I will say that from your photo it seems very possible that your proof cent could receive a details grade. Should you still decide to submit use a value of $20, that is well in excess of its actual value but that value is fine for the purposes of filling out the submission form. Welcome to the forum and best of luck on your coin collecting journey.

It is always nice to have that personal remembrance to a coin purchase, it made buying the coins for my mothers birth year set very rewarding for me. Timing gold pricing can be a very tricky thing. I am sure not "in the know" but this rally has been driven in large part by central banks in China and other less friendly countries with less than friendly purposes. So I am not sure that we will see much if any pullback, maybe a bit of a plateau here at the $2,400 level, or those countries could just keep on buying and the prices just keep on climbing. I wish my crystal ball wasn't always broken.

Sorry to hear of that issue for you Lem, I very seldom buy on ebay anymore so not a problem for me at the moment, but I will double check on that address.