Henri Charriere

@Ray Tatum: Having nothing better to do, I checked out sue/machoo's offerings... 284 inherited coins - likely, if you check out her other offerings, including a wedding cake "topper" from the early 1950's. (This is something our own children would be doing if we had any and they, too, didn't care a whit about loupes, and cantaloupes!) Cost: $299. + 12.99 ship - though "Make Offer" is available. She's got 100% feedback. Encouraging, but the breakdown of this lot----and the others, suggests she knows a lot more than she is letting on. The Make Offer option makes the most sense, but without knowing precisely what you're buying, it's a wash. [Thanks for the tip, Ray. I just saved myself $300.]

Think about that a moment... seems like now is the time to: buy! Buy!! BUY!!! BUY!!!! BUY!!!!!

I am sure the Magna Carta was similarly vulnerable but it has withstood the test of time. Somebody is holding back something. I cannot believe an entire hobby was brought to its knees with a simple inquiry. Where's that guy who declared, I'm "Outta Here"?

@EagleRJO: This is an inopportune time to pose your query. Compulsive thread-watchers know what I am talking about. Ricky is an alter-ego at best. I do not talk to him; I think to myself. I think, therefore I am. The interesting thing about this thread is it appears to have been revived, inadvertently. The OP, posted his query 2-1/2 years ago on April 28, 2020. He received a reply the same day.. Over 1-1/2 years passed without comment. On Oct. 18th, only 3 weeks ago, two newly-minted members stumbled upon the dormant thread, left comments triggering a response on NGC's sensors. Six regular members dropped-in that same day cementing the thread's status as Open for Discussion. There is one long- long-time member who does something we should all do. He checks the initial post to find out who the author is, what he wants to know, and answers to the best of his ability. Back on Track!

Wide rim, low brim, I took one look, and quickly looked away. The entire purpose of this coin was to hopefully replace the dollar bill ["Cash Rules Everything Around Me, C.R.E.A.M., get the money, dollar-dollar-bill-y'all." 🎶 ] which lasts all of 18 months in circulation. Pffft! Forget, numismatist, this unimaginative coin didn't pass the Stevie Wonder-test. What were high Mint officials thinking? Kudos to the OP for summoning the courage to remind us of yet another of the Mint's failures of imagination. Postscript: What are Suzy Bees exhibiting Antarctic like ice shelves worth on the open market?

Request Granted.

Whatever happened to the good old days when a doubled-die coin, like the 1955, set the standard by which all other pretenders to the throne were judged?

This is probably one of the more interesting appeals to the membership made on this Forum in some time. A genuine coin, exhibiting post-mint mischief. And, surprisingly, gentlemen with the oft-touted 150 years of numismatic experience apparently have no information regarding a coin, its holder----or final resting place. Surely, ANACS must have a library which contains, at the very least, an original copy of one of its earliest submission forms. As it is, this promises to be a continuation of the enduring mystery surrounding this coin. [Incidentally, I distinctly recall the changeover of the Lincoln Head cent's reverse to the Lincoln memorial from the wreath (or wheat design as it is commonly referred to among collectors) and, nature being what it is, I am going to take the liberty of making the fantastical claim I began collecting coins around the time of the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates. I remember the coin design transition, circa 1959/1960, Alan Shepard's jump spot, 1961, and Marilyn Monroe's departure in 1962. We're talkin' 60-plus years, here. I feel better already... ] Back on Track... Anyone know the present whereabouts of the 1973 ANACS certification (#5022) of a 1959 wheat cent?

If they're flying around in murders, what would you reasonably expect them to smell like?

Time out! Time out! Please don't do that on our account! Submitting solves nothing! I don't understand how this, got to that! Submission is an act of last resort. [If I win the Powerball tonite, don't expect me to cover your losses! You were forewarned!] 🤔

I read it. I reject it. It is a three-card Monte explanation. I am glad you posted the letter!

🐓: Flues, chimneys and rooftops... What did they use for scraping lungs? Q.A.: A lung-scraper, what else?

I can abide the explanation, "the number sold is less than the number struck," as simply reporting a fact, but, explanation, notwithstanding, try slipping "more pieces sold than struck," by me, and my first thought is, Watch out! Someone's trying to pull a fast one on you. IMHO.

[The proofreader's mark at "evaporated" would be "ww" ---- for wrong word.]

Ah,... touche!

Nobody is playing Guess-the-Grade with graders. That's preposterous on many levels. And if there is evidence of it, it has been carefully hidden from me. My stance on encapsulations is simple. Accept the fate accorded the coin; there are no do-overs. My disposition is subject to change. [The nearly $2B Powerball drawing, the largest in U.S. history, is tonite, 11/07/2022.]

Seriously, their are parallels with "coal miner's" disease, nail salons workers' use of potent paints and solvents, subway workers and "steel dust," ---- and the fires at the WTC which, for months, fed on a toxic stew of flammable and vaporized debris beyond fire retardants. [It is the exposure to Mercury used to refine gold deposits which makes amateur gold "panning" dangerous.] I believe the majority of OSHA complaints received today are non-asbestos-related.

@RWB : I asked because the many windows (which appear to be frosted or translucent, in the 4th and last photo) are closed. Security trumped health concerns.

Not the coin or the plastic. The vintage submission form from ANACS setting forth its "terms and conditions." I would like to see what their policy was.

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