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I'm on the side of a lamination error that split post-minting and continued to circulate.

I hope the U. S. Mint doesn't eliminate the mil. I'd hate to pay $3.28 per gallon of gas instead of $3.279.

I'm inclined to agree with Coinbuf that those lines were in the die and transferred to the coin. Whizzing is a rotary action that doesn't leave straight lines. Conventional cleaning could leave parallel lines, but the photos suggests die polishing instead.

It's a novelty item produced by a commercial firm not associated with any government agency. Note the word COPY stamped into it in accordance with the Hobby Protection Act of 1973.

Minor hub flaws are pretty common with Morgan Dollars, so it would not be noted on the label.

It is one of the coins belonging to Ted Binion and may have been among those buried after he was killed. "Binion Hoard" would have been a more accurate label for these pieces, since neither Benny nor Ted were collectors, but the submitter wanted "Collection."

I have only nine dollars right now. I'll let you know when I get the tenth one...

I can't say whether your coin is a VAM-195a or not, but that's not an NGC-eligible variety in any case. Please refer to the table of VAMs NGC will attribute: https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/dollars/morgan-dollars-1878-1921/?page=1

It's just worn and damaged. It didn't leave the mint that way. The circles at the center of the reverse were imparted by the end of a screw in a counting or rolling machine.

Rick Mears, four time Indy 500 winner! The car was made from undistributed trial coins after melting. ☺

Putting aside for a moment Roger's unrelenting sarcasm, I will point out that Farran Zerbe was a good proponent for the hobby, though clearly he promoted himself in tandem with it. The primary reason the ANA's overall top award was named for him is that he had the fortunate timing to die just before this award was established and was thus the most recently deceased person of prominence in the hobby. The Zerbe Award should have been named after the ANA's founder, Dr. George Heath, whose reputation remains unsullied but whose renown was already fading by 1951. It's probably too late to do that now, since he is already attached to the association's top literary award. So many great figures become forgotten over time and fail to get their due. An example is Maurice Gould, who did so much to advance the ANA's primary role in numismatic education. Along with a number of other achievements he created the Summer Seminar that will be revived next year after the pandemic hiatus of 2020-21. The coin hobby, sadly, has a short memory when it comes to the great figures of its own past.

Rotations in pre-federal coinage are common enough that NGC would not note this on the label.

My program was on the history and collecting of Whitman's blue folders. While perhaps not truly numismatic, it sure is fun to do.

It is just damaged from a coin counting or rolling machine (the circle on reverse) and general circulation wear and contact.

That's just a name that the submitter requested be placed on each label. NGC will accommodate such requests, as long as the desired name is not misleading, libelous, etc...

I don't agree with you that there are so many disagreements.

I've collected both USA and UK coins for many years, and I find them mutually satisfying. Recently, I was asked to do a video program on this relationship: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/9467/ngc-pmg-at-london-festival-of-coins/

As I'm getting older I forget something every day.

That is some sort of modern replica, since the lettering is too precise for the period. It appears to be brass rather than gold.

It means that the dies are oriented in the same position. In other words, the reverse is right side up when the coin is turned along its vertical axis instead of the horizontal axis, the latter being normal for United States coins. It is a mint error. The term "medallic alignment" is used, because medals normally have their dies oriented the same direction, while USA coins typically are in "coin alignment."

Actually, the coin board is an antique and is worth quite a bit more than the frame.

The perfect way to house a low end collection...

VAM-14.1a has been added, so you may submit your coin.

Apples and oranges---The cap on pole was a pileus and a classical reference. The cap on head was a mob cap, which was a contemporary fashion.

They are not "clad," as they have a uniform alloy consisting of a single strip. They are 75% copper and 25% nickel throughout.