RWB

The stain (or contamination) is at about 10 o'clock when the reverse is correctly rotated. Was it there when you bought the coin? Was it present before you sent the coin off for "grading?"

Thought members might find this interesting.

If the dime were the smallest coin denomination, the maximum rounding error (over time) would be 4-cents for cash, and 0 for non-cash.

Handling damage is commonly a scrape, not the impact damage asked about. The available force relates to that occurring between two or more coins, and because the coins are already in contact inside a sewn or crimped bag, there is little of the edge-to-face contact necessary to produce sharp reed impressions. This is another misunderstanding where we once merely assumed details about the coining and coin handling process rather than critically examining the actual process. "Believe" whatever you want, but please don't pass it off as fact.

The "divots" are from a coin's reeding pushing the other coin metal aside. A silver dollars is small, but with all the force concentrated on the tiny area were rim and reeds meet, there is considerable pressure. As the receiving bin fills, the falling distance decreases and so does the force, which then causes less damage to the coin that is hit. As noted, this does NOT happen within a bag.

It would have no effect on state sales taxes. Rounding up/down produces a net gain or loss of no more than 3-cents per year for anyone or any state -- it all averages out on cash transactions. And there would be no rounding on non-cash transactions. [Think it through.... there are 3 options in rounding, 1 up, 2 down, 3 no change. #3 has no effect so we eliminate it. #1 and #2 are like heads or tails on a coin flip: 10,000 flips will produce 5,000 heads and 5,000 tails.]

Agree with Sandon, however the damage is caused by impact when one coin falls from the press into the receiving bin and strikes a coin already there. The fall into a nearly empty bin could be 2 feet or more. (Combines weight and friction inside a bag is not sufficient to do more than make scratches)

It would save a lot of money that is now wasted. Do the same with the nickel and require down/up rounding on all cash sales. (Keep non-cash sales to the exact cent.)

Provenance is mentioned in the second line.

Don't know.

So now both NGC and PCGS belong to the blood suckers...?

To identify originals and restrikes, we first need clear die differences so that others can examine their coins. Once that has had time to identify 2 or more dies, and we have rough proportions, we can then look for coins whose provenance goes back to the World's Fair or anytime between 1893 and 1896. With multiple pieces identified, we then determine if there were 1 or 2 dies in use. Given the small mintage, this activity should resolve itself in a few weeks or months. Then, any coin from a different die pair should be a restrike. The TPG's should sponsor this examination since they are the ones who will profit from increased re-grading and attribution fees. [I can do this from coins and auction records, but I would charge a TPG for my time. it's much better for collectors to do this.]

You must have got hold of the Wagnerian "Big Bertha" version.

Here are the OP's scans after tightening and the limited enhancement allowed by excess compression artifacts. Reading from top left: 1921-S; 1921-D 1878-P; 1900-O 1878-CC Conditions range from G to VF. Little or no collector premium on any of the coins.

Consult David W. Lange's books on coin boards and albums. His work is the authority on this subject.

USe the 2023 --- the 2024 has no newer material.

People do odd things to bolster their self-importance. They refuse to disclose location of stolen property, hide Classified documents, lie about anything and everything, keep a secret treasure map found at a Truck Stop grocery, etc., sit in jail for years.

Unless either buyer or seller of the original "pile" is willing to truthfully record what occurred, the facts will never be known. That is "business as usual."

They should be graded - that is, examined for wear - exactly the same way. "Proof" is merely a method of manufacture and not a condition.

Yes. Typewriters did not have the digit " 1 " on them. Typists used either a capital letter "I" or a lower case "L."

Interesting letter from the newly appointed mint director to the future President. Washington, D.C., Hon Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis, Ind April 14, 1879. My dear Sir Your letter of the 11th inst. is received. It was a pleasure to find upon my entrance upon duty in this Bureau that your son was among the officers under my personal supervision. I believe that I once met you personally and I have known you long from public reputation and can assure you that the success of your son in the discharge of the duties of his office will give me great pleasure on his account as well as your own and I shall gladly do what I can to contribute to that end. Truly Yours, Horatio C. Burchard, Director of the Mint [Indiana State Library, Manuscript Division. Filed for convenience in RWB NARA RG104 entry 229 box 14 of 17]

The coins are merely part of normal production. The ebay junk-sellers are people trying to take advantage of uninformed buyers who have been watching too may Zombie films. There is no collector market (or value) for these except among sheep lined up to be sheared.

The photo shows a very nice Very Fine coin. When TPGs began expanding "AU" to cover EF coins (pushing EF upward into AU), they had to make more room at the lower end. That pushed VF upward into the EF grade. Hence, this might have happened to your 1893 dollar. It is worth VF money, not EF.

Damage, as are all the other scrapes and scratches.

Removed for editing. Might confuse readers.