Alex in PA.

That is not an outline of his face, it is damage.
What your describing is impossible to happen during the striking of a coin.

It's a parking lot coin. That is consistent with post-mint damage from people walking on it while carrying their bags of Ho Hos and artisanal hummus to their Honda Accords in the parking lot of the Super Mega Serial Price Slasher Grocery Store. It is not special.

My patience is not without limit, but it is considerable. All I expect in return is a desire to grow. 
You see, I am an unrepentant quality / condition snob. I’ve been at this for 59 years now. 

1840 SLD.
The NGC Census shows 54 known in all MS grades at NGC.  PCGS Population shows just 35 known in all MS grades at PCGS.  Just 89 coins in all MS grades from BOTH services!!  MS examples exist due to sheer LUCK and happenstance.  Unlike other first-year issues, these specimens were simply not saved. Either from lack of collector interest, the fact that they were too unaffordable to put away or that the former Gobrecht dollar was too similar, so the new design went unnoticed or unappreciated.
It has a VERY LOW mintage of just 61,005, which is in the top third of low mintages for the series.  
Ever since I finished my Walker set; I have been working on Liberty Seated Dollars.  I am attracted to their beauty and RARITY--the same attributes that attracted me to Early Walkers.  I have also been playing around with Morgans (which are actually rather easy to find, and exist in large numbers, just as long as you have the money! ) and Standing Liberty Quarters, too (I am three coins away from completing my One Per Date set of those). 
Liberty Seated Dollars are impossible to find, especially, with nice, clean surfaces, so when I see them; I jump at the opportunity and am not afraid to stretch.  I don't intend to finish this set but will simply buy the keys (and other nice specimens), when they become available and, someday, maybe I'll have a nice Box of Twenty.  
Thanks for looking.  Any thoughts are always welcomed and appreciated.  

Ay yep.  Some things just never change.  

@Vess1  Sorry to hear you got banned.  I belong to CT but I only read the posts that I'm interested.  I also say it's not a "scam".  Sounds like an OP with hurt feelings.  Well, I'm off to watch General Hospital; have a good day.

Okay, I don’t know you from Adam, but here’s a little friendly advice. Admitting that you have zero knowledge of coins, PLUS saying that you find stuff daily, is a BAAAAD combination. You either have to be the luckiest SOB on the planet, or you’re posting nothingburgers. That will make you controversial at best, and reviled at worst. Spend less time photographing common coins and more time getting some of that knowledge. Jus’ sayin’.

This thread has become much better than watching General Hospital. I only read CT if it pops up in a google search.

Still are. I see guys talking about using them to tone coins on Facebook all the time. They think it’s perfect fine since it was a graded slab they are putting them in and it magically tones the coin. 

You will NOT get anything over bullion value. Count on that. 

............Cherrypicked from a roll last night.   At first I thought it was glue or a cut or scratch in the coin.  An acetone bath revealed this.  It almost looks like this die was ready to shatter.  The metal is raised and extends into the rim.  Not sure about the exact definition, RIDB? shattered Die, bisecting rim to rim? split die?........but I'm pretty sure it's all there.  
I've roll-searched many of these small dollar coins.  I haven't seen anything quite like this on these modern dollars.   I've checked several sites. error-ref, Cuds-on-Coins, etc..  Unless I'm missing it, I haven't found anything close.
Anyway, for your viewing pleasure and opinions....
 

Ah, but were they colored going in? If not, aren’t they artificially toned? Partially kidding. I’m as anti-toning as you’ll ever find. 

Get enough of them and you can turn them in for a set of steak knives maybe? 

I think expert is a high bar. I’m far from an expert, and honestly may never be what I consider an expert. I don’t do this all day every day. However I think all collectors owe it to themselves to get a basic form of education. At a minimum be able to within reason grade a coin in segments like 63-65, know if a coin is cleaned, and the tell tale signs of a counterfeit. Additionally learning strength of strike, the basic minting process/errors, and AT are pretty important. Fake errors and AT are rampant these days. I’m not saying you need to have a PHD in numismatics, which I believe actually exists, but no one should spend a large sum of their hard earned money without knowing the basics of what they are buying. 
 
I will also acknowledge sadly this is not reality. Therefore I do not believe TPGs have anything to worry about. 

Not to my knowledge. PCGS has added the NFC chip to their slabs to combat counterfeiting, but that’s as tech as it gets that I know of. But your smart phone can scan that chip. Just not track where it’s going haha

Chicks love window dressings. Jus’ sayin’. 

I was perfectly happy with the ANA, and then ANACS.  Just saying; I didn't need all the fancy window dressings.

I was perfectly happy with the ANA, and then ANACS.  Just saying; I didn't need all the fancy window dressings.

I have no sympathy for those with the bucks to play in the big leagues but not the time. I support the 1950’s -1970’s system overwhelmingly with about 0.04% exceptions. 

This could be said for many collectors as well.    I am constantly nauseated by the things collectors will do when it comes to the coins they say they have in registry sets.

That's the best idea I've heard in this hobby for years.  But...would the TPG's ad CAC love you for it?  Still, a great idea and would save a lot of heartbreak.

Maybe it’s because my livelihood doesn’t depend on it, but I would like to believe I would never do this to someone. Sure I may miss grade a raw coin here or there by a grade accidentally, but so many of these guys blatantly lie knowing the truth it sickens me. The more I learn the more I realize how dirty the coin business is. But the good news is that having a basic understanding is plenty of defense. These dealers don’t know much if any, so a basic knowledge base puts you ahead of most of their games. 
 
Heck I rarely even sell raw coins because I rarely see nice, problem free raw coins any more. I get them here and there, but I’m hyper critical of them if I buy them. That and most people want to argue it down to nothing. Most of the raw coins are problem coins I see. Exceptions are of course present say nice Washington silver quarters or other newer issues. But it always cracks me up to look at say bust halves raw at shows. 

And this has been one of my mantras for literally decades.  And that comes from an ANA National Volunteer, too. 

As I am venturing into dealing it has opened my eyes to so many things. Some good, some bad. I wanted to learn and I sure am. 
 
One thing I have come to learn is I wouldn’t trust 75% of the dealers at coin shows. Some are the salt of the earth, but most are crooks. For example this past weekend I was at a show and I sold another dealer several common date Morgans that were details. Cleaned, stained, etc. I treat them as bullion and sell for the silver. I happened to ask this dealer why he wanted them. He said he would crack them out, put them in 2x2s, and “let buyers decide for themselves if it has an issue or not”. Basically he will sell them as raw straight grade coins knowing they are details. If I had known that before he bought them I wouldn’t have sold them to him. I can’t and won’t do that to someone, but so many of these dealers will do whatever it takes to make a buck. As long as that exists collectors either have to have a TPG or learn what they are doing. 
 
As a side note I have a 12 year old a raw JFK clad proof he needed for his album. It was only a $5 coin on a good day, but to him it was amazing. He and his grandfather stuck around for a while and I started asking him about coins, and telling him the backstory to some of what I had in my case. For example the no cents nickel and why it had to be changed. I told him knowledge was power in every circumstance, but that is especially true in numismatics. So the condition of me giving him that coin for his album was that he would read and study so that he can carry on as a knowledgeable collector. That’s what we need. 

I don’t think they are going anywhere. As rampant as forgeries are, crooked sellers, and new collectors only wanting a passive knowledge of numismatics it’s almost a necessity. You see here in the newbie section the lack of knowledge. And I’m not knocking anyone that was me not that long ago. The difference is most new collectors won’t put the effort in to learn even enough to be able to collect, and the little learning they want to do is from YouTube or marked money or some other total BS. If the standard collector was more informed, and dealers/sellers were held to a standard of honesty & transparency, then TPGs would be in trouble. However as it stands they are the voice of reason and the oversight authority of junk vs valuable. 
 
I wish I could have a pre-grading company 😂. When I see half of the people think they see or that they say they sent for grading I will bust their bubble for $10. That’s a steal. Tell them it isn’t worth going any further.