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1926-S is a better date for the Lincoln wheat series and tougher to find nice than many think. There looks to be some luster left so I think a low AU grade is possible, however, you would need for it to grade as least AU58 or better to be worth the costs which from your photos I do not see happening. These sell in a tight price range at auctions of $50 to$80 in the grades of XF40 to AU55 for certified examples so you would be spending almost that much to have it graded.

The large hit across the steps automatically takes a full step designation of the table. However, the coin was never full steps to begin with, there are some subtle blends of the steps under the third pilar which would make a full step designation impossible even if the hit had not happened. It is impossible to opine on the strength of strike from a photo of only the steps, however, a coin that displays full steps is not automatically blessed with a strong strike. As to the second part of your comment, I have a holed seated dollar, would you consider it unimpaired? After all the hole happened after it left the mint and was not a strike failure. The point is when the damage happens is not relevant, in this case the steps are broken by that hit and it doesn't matter when that hit occurred.

NGC gives that designation to the proof coins that they feel are deserving, it does not require any special tier. The fact is that almost every proof coin that the mint produces today, including proof ASE's, are produced with DCAM surfaces, it would be the exception for any modern proof coin not to receive a DCAM designation.

Can someone provide a sticker to verify that your sticker is legit?

Posible perhaps, but why would the mint need to do such an operation on this coin at that time? I am not super familiar with the SLQ series but as far as I know the only change that year was recessing the date, I would not think that a die trial would be needed for that minor a change given that it was a return to the style of 1917.

It would help if you could tell us more details of where you encountered this issue, Like Mike I'm assuming that you got the pop-up to add to sets after you entered the coin into your inventory here on the NGC registry site. If that is the case and you have not started any registry sets then there is nothing you need to do but close that pop-up. In the future if you decide to start a registry set that includes this coin(s) you can add it to that set(s) then.

Even if it was a genuine brockage there would usually be some portions of the rev design showing, as there are none I can only come to the same conclusion as the others that this is something created in an attempt to fake a real error, how, why, or who we will never know.

Agree with greenstang, the 6 quarters in your photo above are just common pocket change in that condition, to be worth even a few dollars each they would have to be in uncirculated condition, from the one photo they all appear to be in less than uncirculated condition. You mention a "1831 capped bust 2.5D gold piece" just for the sake of accuracy, the mint ceased production of the capped bust $2.5 dollar gold coin in 1808, the correct term for an 1831 is Capped Head. However without any photos (both sides of the coin) nobody knows what you really have.

I cannot recall which coin(s) I saw that went over the MS68 pricing, but the one that comes to my mind instantly is a 1935 Lincoln graded by PCGS MS65RD that sold on ebay for $1650. A 35 in 65RD lists for $40 per the current PCGS guide, $550 in 67+, and $9,500 in 68, although that $9,500 number is a fantasy as there as not been any recent auctions for a 68 that have been anywhere near that high. But still in this case the coin sold for three times the price of a 67+ and about half(ish) the price of a 68, and fwiw this is the only 1935 Lincoln that has a gold bean pop 1/0 at CAC. It is a really nice coin and would have brought a premium price but no way in the world that coin sells for that amount without the gold bean. It is important to keep in mind that there are very few Lincoln cents with a gold bean, currently 45 in all color designations, other series where gold beans are more common (for lack of a better word), like Merc dimes, the premiums are not quite as high. While I'm mostly guessing I think that the prices will not be affected that much if at all for the coins that folks agree are the "A" coins. The "B" coins, those that are seen as only solid for the grade will likely be impacted more, keeping in mind that I'm invested with the CAC sticker so my view might be biased. In my opinion most of the coins I have seen with a sticker are really nice coins, coins that would/will sell for a premium bean or no. So from that perspective I think the market will continue to place a higher value on beans for the foreseeable future registry points or not. The sister question to yours is what happens to the market values for beaned coins once the stickering operation is shut down for good. Lots of speculation on that aspect as well with many feeling that the prices will move higher (some have said sharply higher) once that happens. I am also in that camp as once it is done there can be no more and over time a coin with a bean will be like an old TPG holder and create its own market.

As it always does it depends on the coin, in some cases a CAC green bean can bring thousands, even tens of thousands over a non CAC coin. And then some coins might get ten, twenty, or no bump in price, it really just depends on the coin and where on the grading scale you are talking about. I can say with confidence that a gold bean will almost always bring a much higher price, I have seen MS65 coins with a gold bean sell for more than an MS68 graded coin, the gold bean market is hot!

Welcome to the forum, the photos are not completely focused but it looks like damage from the reeded edge of another coin.

Welcome to the forum, as said this is a private mint silver round not a US minted coin.

Good analysis and I agree with most of your points, but as @Sandon pointed out full obv photos (and/or a correct weight) would allow us to see the other markers and make a definitive call. From these poor microscope photos I stand by my opinion that this is a small date.

You can only submit to CAC if you yourself are an authorized collector submitter or thru an authorized CAC dealer. And in case you are wondering CAC is not currently and has not been accepting new collector members for several years. You will have to find a collector friend who has submission ability or work with the closest dealer which from what you are saying would have to be done via email/phone and entail extra shipping costs.

I hope that you made a typo and meant PCGS not PNGC, I have never heard of any grading company, legit or otherwise, named PNGC. Yes it is true that in general you have a better chance of getting higher bids for NGC or PCGS graded coins vs ANACS in an auction. Having said that, the type and generation of the ANACS holder really does matter and could make a big difference in an auction realized price. If you have any of the very old ANA holders that have the gold foil hologram on the back I strongly suggest that you do not have those put into new holders, those along with the photo certificate style of ANACS holders, are very sought after.

Yep that is indeed a small date zinc cent, the Denver mint made several million of those that year.

I cannot be of any help as I have no tokens in my collection, but best of luck on your quest and have fun!

Maybe I'm misreading your post eagle, but this poster is not the same as that who has the 1825 bust half, two different members.

There is no way to answer your question, at the very least we (by we I mean the members of this forum, NGC representatives cannot give any advice on a coin(s) even from photos) would need to see good in focus, cropped photos of each coin. But at the end of the day each coin would have to stand on its own merits and would have to be sent to NGC for grading. Keep in mind that there are no guaranties that all, or any, would receive the same grade as the current ANACS grade. And per the policies NGC only accepts PCGS graded coins as crossovers, any coin in a TPG holder other than PCGS must be removed from that holder (by you or by NGC) and will be graded raw, here is that policy. The issue is that once you remove the coins from their current ANACS holder you are now stuck with a new grade opinion which could be the same, higher, or could be lower (including a details grade). Also depending on the generation of the ANACS slab your coins are in you could potentially be losing a significant amount of value. Some of the older small white ANACS holders are sought by collectors, partly because the old holder shows the coin is stable and that any doctoring to the coin would have shown after all the years. In fact, some of those old slabs have a value just because so many of the older slabs have had the coins broken out so intact old slabs have a value that can be higher than the coin. Again, this may not be relevant to your situation and that could only be determined with photos of the slabs and coins. Before you decide on a course of action it would be wise to both know what your motivation is to have the coins in a new NGC slab vs the ANACS slab, and for you to evaluate what you have before deciding. Hope that helps.

I agree that there is a very high chance of a details grade, if not for the scratch and rim issues then for the old cleaning that has only just begun to retone. I do not follow the prices for bust half's, but I think the value is less than the members above, partly as I do not think your coin would grade as high as XF. I found one cleaned details XF45 graded coin (no scratch) in an ANACS holder for $145 with no bids, as your coin is raw and scratched I think its value is less than $145, closer to $100 or less in my estimate.

Welcome to the forum, and not a silly question at all considering the huge number of new people that post here who are confused by this very thing. There are actually several causes for effects that look like your example. as greenstang wrote your coin looks to be from worn dies, but this fake doubling or ghosting of the lettering and devices can also come from strike doubling and in the case of the zinc core copper coated modern cents something called split plate doubling. All of these are generally common and the product of poor quality control vs any type of real error. It is important to remember that coinage for circulation is produced at high speed in immense quantity, the US mint is a production factory and coins for circulation do not have to be perfect to fulfill their intended purpose.

Would be fun to meet up with other members, but too far and too expensive for my meager budget, for those that can I hope all have a great time.

It is not just 1948, and it is not a die issue, most of that chicken scratch (my term) are planchet marks that did not fully strike out. This comes from incomplete metal flow and it is actually very common on wheat cents.