Fenntucky Mike

Worth $0.35 USD, the missing leg on the "M" adds no value. 

Nice!

There are actually a lot of coins with a depiction of the Mayflower on them, most are NCLT. I have one piece with the Mayflower on it.

The collection of Lars Emil Bruun will be hitting the auction block soon, 100+ years after his death. Current estimates place the value of the 20,000 piece collection at 72MM, and @GoldFinger1969 thinks all the good material is already in slabs. 

Wonder if any, or how many, of the pieces will be going into TPG slabs?

Link to article HERE. 

EDIT:

Here's a link to the Stack's Bowers article. https://stacksbowers.com/sbpressreleases/stacks-bowers-galleries-selected-to-auction-the-l-e-bruun-collection/

Wow, that cabinet looks impressive. Wonder if they'll be auctioning that off as well? 

On 5/15/2024 at 6:50 AM, Zebo said:

Not to become involved in this debate, but you could compare the above designs to the below submission and see which you like better.

 

 

 

I don't remember, has this design been greenlit by the U.S. Mint or is it still under consideration?

Ay, Chibihuaha!

Yep, post in the Ask NGC forum to try and get an answer or better yet email service@NGCcoin.com or pick up a telephone. Way better to call or email NGC than post on an open forum. 

On 5/12/2024 at 4:30 PM, World Colonial said:

Just saw your post.

What coins do you refer to?

I doubt many world coins are resubmitted because the price difference between one or half point increments isn't economical most of the time.

One possibility is inconsistency.  That's what I see in my primary interest.  Sometimes there is also "net" grading instead of "details" grading the coin.

Another possibility is that the coins are actually more common than you thought, especially if from Europe.  Somewhat arbitrarily, I'd describe the vast majority of post 1815 European coinage as common, with the most likely reason it isn't the mintage which I haven't seen for most of it.  Numerous coins back to the mid-18th century even in high quality aren't particularly scarce either, except maybe compared to most US coinage.  The TPG data isn't a reflection of the actual scarcity.

At the time I was noticing a lot of modern world coins in PCGS plastic in high grades, Irish coins between 1928-65, Rhodesia, Guatemala, Italy, Isle of Man, and Ukraine to name a few. Most were key dates, varieties, and errors in higher grades than is normally seen but I didn't take the time to assess if I thought many were over graded since I wasn't going to be a player at those estimates and prices realized. 

I agree that it is doubtful that many world coins are resubmitted or even crossed over but a one point increment would net the submitter a positive gain for most if not all of the coins I was looking at. My thought was more along the lines that, possibly or if, PCGS was trying to take market share in world coins would they be slightly looser with their grades, or net grading instead of details, etc., then coins realize higher prices and more submissions coming in because of that, not resubmissions or crossovers. 

Some of the coins are very common and there is plenty of raw material in high grades to be found, so it is possible that individuals cherrypicked a lot of nice coins and sent them into PCGS. The influx of world coins in PCGS plastic seems to have slowed a bit since my last post, it's very possible that TPG turnaround times played a factor in what I was seeing as well. 

Nice! Good way to accessorize the collection, I like.  

More overpriced nonsense.

Available all day long on ebay for <$100, and those have pictures that didn't use the bat-signal for a light so you can actually see the coins surfaces. 

On 5/13/2024 at 5:16 PM, Jkaps57 said:

Spoiler

I've had this coin about 20 years got it from my dad. Wondering overall what it might be worth.

 

It's a fake.

On 5/14/2024 at 8:43 PM, tklein said:

I want to submit the PCGS coin below to NGS for crossover. I believe it is a wide rim that PCGS did not recognize as such. Assuming I'm correct and PCGS is wrong, will NGC change it to a wide rim?  Or will they only grade it for how it is slabbed (as a non wide rim)?  Also, what do others think?  Is is a wide rim?

 

You can buy a NGC MS64 wide rim on ebay for $49 with free shipping, I'm having a hard time understanding why it would be worth the cost to cross this coin over. If you sold the PCGS coin and bought the NGC you would probably be saving $'s.

Sold for $12k, which includes the BP.

On 5/12/2024 at 6:59 AM, Coinse said:

Malaysia King Tuanku Nasiruddin Shah $1 Dollar Nickels Coins Has Golden Toning Surfaces Without Bag Marks That Right On The Surfaces Cartwheels effect Shining Lustre Shade New discovery of the centuries for sure and certainly unique for the coins and numismatic breakthrough Super gem brilliant new condition Mints state seventy for perfect ratings and for the genuine authentic Highest number grade as finest known Extremely Rares one in existence

Selling for $900000 and the price is negotiable to you make bests offers for the consideration

Serious buyers you are welcome reply me with your highest prices and return back to you later there

 

 

 

 

This coin sells for around $6 USD in uncirculated condition. An example such as yours I'd expect to find in a dollar bin or to be given away.

The photos are too out of focus to see much of anything other than what looks like damage from circulation. 

A severely damaged and corroded cent, nothing more. 

On 4/30/2024 at 2:13 PM, conscoins said:

Actually yes. The ESC looks to be 1983. It isn't listed as a pattern coin in the ESC--as claimed by the KM#--it's listed under Bank of England dollars (those created by Matthew Boulton). It's given the rarity R3 which, from what I understand, is very scarce at 201-500 known. Maybe this is just something I need to send to NGC.

That lines up more with how the coin in the OP looks, it not being a proof pattern. 

The piece still looks off to me and not well struck.  

It looks like there are parallel lines running through the fields and details on the obv., are those stains/toning or are they features. 

EDIT TO ADD:

I see that @coinsandmedals replied to your other post, he would be more familiar with a piece like this than anyone else here and I'd take his word on whether the piece is authentic or not.

Does not have the look of a proof to me, seems like a fantasy piece or knockoff.

Is a similar piece listed in ESC?

On 4/26/2024 at 12:34 AM, Trennaavalos89 said:

This coin has a weight of 5.3-5.4

A regular weighing no more than 5.7 I believe.

Nominal weight for a clad quarter is 5.67g with a tolerance of +/- .227g. (5.897g - 5.443g). For the amount of wear and tear that the coin has seen, it wouldn't surprise me if it was under tolerance slightly due to metal loss. 

On 4/26/2024 at 12:34 AM, Trennaavalos89 said:

Don't quote me on that but that's what my scale said

Get a new scale, one that reads to at least two decimal places. 

Possible lamination error. Seems ok.

Interesting, I had not heard of this before.

The only question I have is how much zinc needs to be present in the plating for it to be considered an error? If only based on color then your opening a can of worms. 

I would also assume that this is fairly common. 

EDIT TO ADD:

It wouldn't surprise me if TPG's won't authenticate this type of error anymore.

A "retained" strike through, or whatever adjective you want to use, has been around for a long time. It's just that most are not significant enough for anyone to care about them. 

The OP's cent is not a doubled die and I see no evidence of a strike through on either the cent or ASE. 

I hadn't realized, or forgot, that the font was changed on the T-2 ASE's. Hideous. 

I have never requested NCS conservation but when NGC recommends it I've always approved it and have never been disappointed. Acetone won't remove all surface contaminants, I soak most of my coins in acetone for 24hrs or so and they come out looking better but not like after NCS conservation. Maybe if I placed the container on an agitator/orbital shaker or had a fountain the acetone soak would net better results, something I'll be trying at a later date.  I also, mainly, collect modern World coins which often don't have all of the pitfalls of U.S. coins like old cleanings, AT, and the like. 

To the OP's question, no, there is no way to tell if a coin has gone through NCS.

Always nice to find some silver. 

On 4/23/2024 at 3:47 PM, Haley87 said:

Maybe you guys can help me out- I bought this coin off an individual cause honestly i hadn’t seen anything like it before, does anyone know if there’s more with some of same errors? And how did these errors even come to be? Like two diff dates? I don’t Know much about the coin making process but it seems two diff dates wouldnt be assessable just to prevent such errors occurring. Any info or opinions would be greatly appreciated! 

Welcome to the Forum.

You have a mutilated cent, not an error, return the coin and get your money back if possible.