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I purchased this 1903 Indian cent at the ANA convention in August 2003. It is housed in an old, small size ANACS holder conservatively graded MS 63 RB with a full strike and nearly full mint "red". It cost me all of $50.


 
 

@Youngmoola I think it's time for me to make your posts "go grey".  This is goodbye.  Godspeed, my damage collecting friend.

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.

You are correct. I forgot about those darn AirTags. Good additional point! Something we all should also need to start checking when parking at these shows. Do as best you can a check for AirTags on your car. 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The term "cleaning" refers to nearly any chemical or abrasive process that affects the surface of a coin, even wiping the coin with a cloth. Today's collectors regard "cleaning" as an impairment that makes the coin less desirable and, therefore, less valuable. Coins can be "conserved" using solvents such as acetone that remove surface dirt without affecting the coin's surface and purportedly with processes used by experts.
   A circulated, damaged 1984 cent is worth only face value whether it has been "cleaned" or not.

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.

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.

As you can see, the NGC staff will not answer questions of this sort but will simply reply with a stock answer telling you to submit the coin, which will likely cause you to waste a great deal of money. The photos of your coin do not suggest that it has a mirror proof surface. It appears to have normal frosty luster, an ordinary strike and a beveled edge, as opposed to the mirror fields, very sharp strike and squarer edge of the Chapman proof
    Remember that Chapman proofs, of which ten to fifteen are thought to have been made, though possibly a few more, as opposed to 44,690,000 regular 1921 Morgan dollars, were sold to numismatists of that era and are highly unlikely to simply "turn up" among ordinary coins. See https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1921-1-chapman/7342.  There is a tentative attribution guide to these coins at http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1921-P_PROOF to which I would compare your coin before entertaining any notion of submitting it to a grading service.  I would also try to show it to one or more numismatists who are familiar with authenticated examples.

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.

Your question is complex, and will be hard to answer.  Every series has its own considerations and nuances in terms of grading.  For instance nickel is a hard metal that typically has striking issues that could look to be wear .  Likewise, sometimes the design itself leads to striking issues.  
Without knowing the coin in question, I can only direct you here:  https://www.pcgs.com/news/what-makes-difficult-coins-to-grade.  This PCGS article has links to helpful videos on grading and some of the nuances on "hard to grade" coins.

I have doubts that you know even that much.