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It is just a normal cent that someone counterstamped, it has no real value other than to someone that collects counterstamped coins or perhaps to someone from Gettysburg. There are many counterstamped coins, these are not rare, most were created for a group or event. I cannot say for certain but I think that NGC would give this a details damaged grade, at any rate it is not worth the cost to submit. Welcome to the forum

I personally do not, but there are a couple of members of the PCGS forum that do so and have posted examples of their home done albums. Nice work on yours incorporating the airtite holder, first time I have seen that done.

I see nothing in your photo, however your photo is slightly out of focus and just washed out with too much light, really impossible to see anything very well. However, what I can see is that the coin does not appear overstruck at all. The rim has likely been nicked and dinged after many trips through the coin sorting machine and received some damage, I have no idea what you see inside the circle you drew as it is so washed out with light. The other possibility is that you have a vice job coin, that is a coin that someone intentionally pressed against another coin in a bench vice or struck with a hammer in a poor attempt to create an error coin. But with the photo as it is I do not see anything to suggest you have anything but a normal dinged up coin, if it is the double ear I cannot see that.

You need more study. Your coin grades VG or lower, the obv is slightly better than the rev, the value for a common date coin like this in this condition is less than ten cents retail and much of that value is for the copper in the coin. Here is a photo taken from photograde, notice how on the coin I have posted on the rev the wheat stalk lines and kernels are still visible and separate. On your coin the lines and kernels are smooth from wear, your rev grades more like G06, so even though the obv is a nice Fine, the rev brings down the grade of the coin. Edited to add: It is true that you can see coins like this with outrageous asking prices on places like etsy, facebook, and others. Those sellers have no morals or scruples and are looking rip people off, sad but it sometimes works. Here is what a nice uncirculated coin looks like, this coin is from my registry set and NGC has graded this coin MS67RD. The NGC price guide shows this coin's value at $250, but examples at this grade can be found for around $200 now and then. Examples graded MS66RD usually sell for close to $100.

Happy to have been of help, feel free to reach out anytime, I live in Phx.

Lots of great newps everyone.

Welcome to the forum. A spreadsheet program like Excel will be of great help to you as you sort and catalogue the group of coins. My suggestion would be to sort by country, then by type, then by date and mintmark (the mint locations where the coin(s) were struck). Once you have all the coins listed then you can begin the process of trying to figure out values, that will be a difficult task so worry about this after you have everything listed out on your spreadsheet. Things to include for each item on your spreadsheet, (or what I would include) is the country of origin, type (cent, nickel, dollar, etc.), date, mintmark, date of purchase and purchase price (if your uncle has notes on this data), if the coin is in any type of holder or TPG slab and grade (again if info is available). This alone will take quite some time from the sound of it, and it will help you to become more familiar with what is in the collection. I would temper your expectations on value, it is possible you could have some valuable coins, but it is just as likely that the bulk of the coins will have minimal value. Best to concentrate on the cataloging work and worry about the value later. Welcome to the forum and condolences on your family's loss. If you have the time we would love to see some of the coins you now have, we are kinda nosey that way but we also enjoy seeing photos of coins.

The old system still works, you have to enter the date in the search terms box. That will populate a list and you choose the correct coin from that list and then you will be able to add it to your inventory along with any information you wish to add. As with the new system you have to wait a day or two for the registry team to verify the PCGS coin and cert.

They search for cents because they are cheap to acquire, and because the you tube sites hype them up. The op is not a coin collector just one of many get rich quick types that has no interest in learning about coins and only comes here to use the forum not to enrich it. I have decided this will be the last time I reply to one of his posts as he has no interest in learning and will not use the resources that we all have already given to him.

As the others have said your scale is not giving you an accurate weight. You have a normal zinc cent this is proved by the look of the coin and the plating bubbles I see on the rev, you are chasing unicorns and rainbows.

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Every severely damaged coin is a one of a kind, just not the kind anyone wants to collect. Sorry but this is just junk, spend it.

There is no "rule" or set in stone deduction for any distraction on a coin. This falls into the eye appeal part of commercial grading and is highly subjective, the same issue or coin could receive a different deduction on any given day depending on who is doing the grading and how much that individual feels the eye appeal is impacted. Age of the coin will also play a factor, coins from the 18th century are often graded slightly less harshly for some issues over say a modern coin like the one you posted in the op. I would think your coin would receive a details grade if submitted in that condition. Also if the graders at the TPG thought the coin could be helped through conservation they may recommend that service. I would also note that in the early days of coin grading it was more about grading the preservation of the coin, as described in the books you mentioned. Under todays market/commercial grading the TPG's do include (and often give great weight to) eye appeal, that is why you have found little in those books covering this aspect.

Welcome to the forum, that is a very tough coin in that grade. NGC shows 4 none higher PCGS 8 none higher, while there are no auction results listed from the auction houses that both NGC and PCGS report in their respective guides, there have been 3 sales of PCGS MS67+ CAC examples at Great Collections. Two of the three are blast white and the third while toned I would not say it is on the positive eye appeal side, to my eye anyway. I did not check but I am assuming that Ian (the founder of GC) and his team will be at the ANA show in Phx in March. I would consign it and personally hand it off to them at the show to avoid any potential shipping loss issues. Due to the value I'm sure that Heritage or Stacks (likely also have representatives at the show) would love to chat with you about consigning this to one of their auctions also. I have both bought and sold coins with GC, and my experiences have been positive both ways. I have bought from both Heritage and Stacks but never consigned any coins with either so I cannot comment on how either firm are to work with when selling. The biggest gripe I hear about GC is some are not impressed with the photos, I also hear the same about Stacks but less often with Heritage. Good luck with what ever course of action you pursue.

Great looking bust dime, I'm going to go with AU58. There is some rub, and some incomplete striking, which give the appearance of a lower AU grade to me. I have no idea on the value, I only have a single example of a bust dime myself, an old ANACS AU55 and I don't follow the pricing at all.

Can you find any of the die scratches that are listed for both RPM's on VV? It really doesn't look that much like either to me, but identifying varieties on poor condition coins is difficult as many times the markers are wiped away by time and circulation.

Not sure about this Greg, I had NGC fix a mechanical error last year and the cert number did change for my coin. @JIM F. I would suggest calling NGC customer service, if the cert number will indeed stay the same then CAC will reapply a new sticker, you will have to pay the $3 fee and shipping back and forth to CAC. When I had my coin label fixed last year NGC covered all the costs to have the label fixed. If the cert number changes CAC may still resticker the coin for the $3 fee if you provide the paperwork to prove this was just a reholder situation with NGC. But you are correct that in this situation it is not automatic.

It looks like a magician's coin there appears to be a seam that is quite visible along the edge of the obv. That or as @Sandonsaid its a crude counterfeit, your choice but it will be a waste of your money to send this coin to any reputable TPG.

I'm with you @Hoghead515, but this has been going on for decades, although it does seem worse now that the internet allows for this stuff to get hyped to a very big audience. Somewhere I have a small 2X2 coin envelop that had a late 50's wheat cent in it, on the envelop it has the inscription "flying D". This was done/sold by some dealer that found a small die chip on the D mintmark and thought the name would sell a ten cent coin faster and for more. Maybe it worked, maybe not but just one example of this type of "marketing" that has existed in the coin hobby forever.

You speak newbie!!

As far as I know there are no known WAM's for 1994-D. I'm guessing that is normal however, I do not have a 1994-D to compare your photo to in front of me.

Possibly Improper Annealing error. Could also be something on the surface, paint or coloring that is wearing off, lets see what others think too. Welcome to the forum.

That is awesome, sounds like one that you will really enjoy owning and viewing.

Wonderful coin! Congrats!