Fosdick

What is The Mint Error, Reverse Lamination, and does it add value to the coin?

Thanks again for your prompt reply. 

I intend to submit this coin to NGC for conservation and grading. Should I check the checkbox for varieties, mint error, both or neither? NGC has charged me in the past for checking these boxes when the coin didn’t qualify. I don’t want to pay for nothing again. Please advise regarding this coin. Thank you.

Would this be considered a mint error?

Thank you for the quick response and education on doubling.

Here is a photo of the coin in question. I hope you can zoom in enough to see the doubling.

‘Specifically, I found an 1881 Indian Cent with heavy doubling of “UNITED STATES” on the obverse. I will continue to look for a SNOW number.

I find multiple Indian Cents with Variety attributes that are not included in the VarietyPlus listings. Does this mean that NGC will not acknowledge the variety attribute when grading the coin?

Just momentarily disappointed.

Are wheel marks a severe enough flaw to disqualify a coin from receiving a grade? They should be treated as a scratch and reduce the grade of the coin. I feel cheated by NGC’s policy of assigning “Details” classification to coins with wheel Marks from counting machines. I wonder what PCGS does with wheel marks? 

I’ve had several coins come back from Certification with “Wheel Marks” and “Reverse Wheel Marks” being noted as the reason for giving the coin an “Uncirculated Details” grade. Where do these marks come from? Are they an attempt to clean the coin? I never heard of this critique before. Did these Marks get caused by the coin counters at the mint? I can’t sell a coin with a “Details” grade. Very frustrating to pay for grading and conservation fees, only to get a coin that I cannot sell.

The order #’s are: 

4730008 has been scheduled for grading since 4/10/19.

4732307 has been grading since 5/1/19. I received an email, suggesting that two coins in the order should be conserved. I replied that the order requested conservation of all coins in the order. Subsequently, I was billed for the conservation of two coins. The order appears to have fallen through the cracks of the normal conservation/grading progression. 

Please follow up on these two orders and get them moving again. Thank you, kind NGC staffers.

I wrote a detailed message on the “Newbie” forum. I was told that its a waste of time posting for help on that forum. I have posted for help on this forum in the past and a nice lady named Lisa helped me out.