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MarkFeld

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  1. MarkFeld
    I saw nothing beyond a couple of wheat cents, the 1950-D, worth about three cents and the 1929, about five cents. My guess is that none of the other coins have any extra value. A few of them display minor doubling, but did not look like doubled dies. Many errors are so common and/or minor and/or are the subject of such little demand, that they don’t trade at premiums.
  2. MarkFeld
    As is the case with most Proof coins, it's impossible to provide truly meaningful grade guesses, based upon images. Even if yours were to grade as high as 68 (which seems unlikely) the cost of grading and postage could exceed the value of the coin. So no, you should not have it graded.
  3. MarkFeld
    More specifically, “PL” is a designation (apart from grade).
  4. MarkFeld
    It’s nothing the least bit new and it’s legitimately descriptive. Haven’t you seen coins that were somewhat reflective, but not enough so to make PL? I’ve seen lots of them. And despite what some here might say, it’s not about money. I’ve bought and sold semi-PL coins at no extra premium.
  5. MarkFeld
    Welcome to the forum. There are so many surviving 1964 Kennedy half dollars - including uncirculated examples - that a very large percentage of them are only worth melt value. If you think you have something special, you can post images for feedback.
  6. MarkFeld
    It should be easy enough to find out if it actually was already paid.
  7. MarkFeld
    I wouldn’t assume it’s an unauthorized transaction. There might be language authorizing such charges as part of the membership and/or submission agreement that was signed by the submitter. But either way, I think it would make a lot more sense to discuss it with NGC first.
  8. MarkFeld
    Or tarnish is just ugly toning.😉
  9. MarkFeld
    Pictures might help. What you’re describing sounds like toning, though to some, that’s the same thing as tarnish.
  10. MarkFeld
    I apologize for having thought you were confused, when in fact, you weren’t.😉
  11. MarkFeld
    Welcome to the forum.The wheat cents are worth approximately 3 cents each.
  12. MarkFeld
    Ah, that would explain it.
  13. MarkFeld
    This is not the forum for buying and selling - it’s the newbie coin collecting questions forum. But clearer pictures would help considerably.
  14. MarkFeld
    If NGC thought the coin had been whizzed, they almost certainly would have indicated that, instead. See here: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7552/learn-grading-details-grading/
  15. MarkFeld
    That picture has nothing to do with body-bags.
  16. MarkFeld
    Based on multiple posts you have made, it appears that you’re wishing and looking for riches in coins. A great many coins are different for one reason or another, but that doesn’t necessarily make them rare or valuable. If currently valuable coins were common and easy to locate, they wouldn’t be valuable, anymore. Have fun in your search, but don’t waste your money, spending it on hopes and dreams.
  17. MarkFeld
    That has nothing to do with silver coins, such as the one in this thread.
  18. MarkFeld
    Key dates are key dates - you can’t “make” your own. It’s comments like you made about them, which cause readers to think/know you don’t know what you’re doing. And you need not believe me, but no one here is concerned about an “upstart” like you. If they were, perhaps they wouldn’t be trying to help you.
  19. MarkFeld
    Below is what I saw on the NGC site, but it’s quite vague. I believe that the designation would include the addition of substances to the surface of a coin, in order to hide flaws.“A similar notation, “Altered Surfaces,” indicates a coin whose surfaces have been deceptively altered (for example, a “Mint State” coin is made to resemble a “Proof” coin). Coins with altered surface will be returned raw and the full grading fee will apply.”
  20. MarkFeld
    If it were PVC, they should (and like would) have stated so, rather than calling it “altered surfaces”. The same goes for cleaning/polishing.
  21. MarkFeld
    My guess is that if you’d asked about buying some coins, instead of starting a business, the responses would have been quite different. Hopefully, you can understand why.
  22. MarkFeld
    There is nothing to indicate it’s a 1943, other than your wishes. The area where you think you’re seeing a 3 is not where the last digit of the date would be. No one will attribute that coin as a 1943. If you were to submit it for grading, you’d be throwing away your money.
  23. MarkFeld
    The coin looks AU and cleaned.
  24. MarkFeld
    I’m pretty sure he’s talking about 1950 and later Proofs, though they aren’t all created equally, either.
  25. MarkFeld
    Not all proofs in original packaging are high grade. They can have hairlines, stains, spots, discoloration, cloudiness, splotches and so on. Virtually all of them have at least some such flaws.