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It appears that RCTV is the only place to get them. $495 and graded "Choice BU", which is curious. There are others not from that mint bag though, given out to Congress with letters signed by Pres. Johnson (example here https://thehawaiiananumismatist.com/2020/04/17/off-topic-my-1964-p-first-day-issue-kennedy-half-dollar/).

You said everything much better than I ever could have. As I posted earlier in this thread, Switt could easily have just said "I bought them from the cashier", if he knew what he had done was legal. Instead, he behaves exactly like a criminal. He didn't technically lie though - his deposition was very craftily worded. "I do not have any records..." - well duh. Who keeps records of their theft conspiracies? I bet you remember exactly how you got them though! "nor do I have any of these coins in my possession or under my control at this time" - the safety deposit box was in his wife's name, or someone else's that he trusted, or otherwise not in his possession or under his control "at this time". "Here Bob, take these coins for 5 minutes while I write this deposition under oath". I mean, come on. History has proven that 10 of them were soon in his possession or under his control again. All this picking at little tidbits trying to prove that there could have been an opportunity to obtain these coins "legally" (OK, there never was such a window, there was a window of confusion), is negated by Switt's deposition. The lesson for me is, don't do anything today that is going to screw over your descendants 70 years from now. Like stealing from the US Mint.

The 1898 Newfoundland 50 cent could be $10-50 depending on if it's a "small W". Take better pictures and post in US/World section or in the Canadian forum over on coincommunity.com. I think your 1949 half penny is UK, not Newfoundland, but very little value there.

If you're on a desktop just download it and zoom in. The resolution and focus are pretty good.

I'll add that there are also countless things people deliberately do to coins, and countless things people's brains do to coins - imaginary dates, imaginary whales...

They're aluminum. Where did you get the idea that it's plastic? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4553.html

Almost as interesting, the town was renamed Jim Thorpe and paid his widow to have him buried there to attract business.

I think you're talking about scammers and middlemen. I'm not sure that it's changed much since "ancient times" though - there have always been "high priests" on top of the pyramids who don't actually do squat.

You would be surprised how few the quality 1900-P dimes there are for sale, considering 17.6 million mintage. But I get what you're saying, and I'm no stranger to waiting 15 years for the right coin. In the example I cited it's just amusing to me how the price can be skewed by the "have to have THAT ONE" mentality, when there's another with barely a discernible difference in the same auction. And yet, sometimes I kick myself for not bidding just a little higher.

I was just noticing an example of it this morning. Two 1900 10c PCGS MS64, in the same auction. One $312, 10 bids. The other $840, 16 bids. The latter in an old holder with CAC. NGC price guide says $290 in MS64 and $575 in MS65. So both coins sold above the price guide, and the $840?? They think it would regrade at MS67? That CAC sticker isn't $500 worth. When looking at price guides and actual sales, I think it's often a matter of the psychology of "winning", more than the reality of value and the actual coins.

It sounds like I'll be able to post my 6 terabyte blurry images in one second. Cool.

What they did to that area is pretty crazy. Might be interesting to find another one, but searching for one die out of 7.75 billion coined might take a while.

Thanks, you are correct. At first glance it looked like 0 was crossed out and replaced with 89.

It looks like the letter is actually dated 1889? (Handwritten correction) But the bill to redesign all the coinage was signed September 26, 1890 so the "89" correction seems wrong.

We all are.

Note also that the chin is way too thin and pointy.

I use NumisMedia and compare with the major TPG price guides, examine the "recent" sales under the grade on the TPG sites (they're frequently not very recent), search auction archives at Heritage (HA), and sometimes ebay. I might closely examine some results on HA when I see coins that sold substantially higher at a lower grade, or lower at a higher grade, to figure out why. Then I might even average half a dozen or so of what I find. But I'm a one-coin-at-a-time purchaser, so that's a lot of work if you're selling a large collection.

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"In 1989, this coin was certified Specimen MS 64 by NGC, an event that was announced in the July 12, 1989 edition of Coin World.", referring to the 1906-D. From the HA blurb in a previous 2000 sale ($9775) of the same 1906-D as above: https://coins.ha.com/itm/barber-dimes/dimes/1906-d-10c-specimen-ms-64-ngc-the-denver-mint-the-producer-of-more-than-half-of-our-country-s-circulating-coinage-today-/a/242-6847.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 So, NGC has been designating "specimen" for a long time (31 years!), but I note that this coin is "specimen MS64" and not "SP64", a bit of a hedge. The 1906-D then sold for $28750 in 2009, at the same auction as the 1892-O SP64 and at the same price. I agree with gmarguli that perhaps someone made a strong case for the SP designation. The change in designation doesn't bother me that much. With the big money in the market since 2009, this one might get mid 5 figures I suppose. My observation with all the HA "make offer" coins so far has been "they don't really want to sell it", because the prices are outrageous.

Beware of any of this "get rich from pocket change" junk out there. There was one a while back, can't recall which coin, where it was hyped because it was listed on Etsy for $80k, and then it was popping up elsewhere as if it actually sold for $80k. I also suspect (but can't prove) that some of these Etsy listings get marked sold with a ridiculous price by the sellers just so they can use it in hype videos. Look at actual, real, sold prices at reputable sources before you start thinking your common coins have any value.

It does seem to be moon money, but it's the only one. There is 1892-O SP64, pop one, sold in 2009 for $28750 (https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-barber-dimes/1892-o-10c-sp64-ngc/a/1121-3691.s?type=NGC1121), and one 1906-D SP64. The 50c posted above sold over $100k. It's easy to speculate that there may have been some "special attention" for the first coinage of new designs, or the first coins at Denver mint, so maybe the new century 1900 was special enough for somebody. The only evidence it seems we'll ever have is the coins themselves. That other TPG made a big splash in July 2019 about expanding their PL designations. I can see where this is a pet peeve for RWB and others.

I bought a few old Charlton guides from the 50s, 60s, 80s just to see how Canadian coin prices and designations changed. That's all I can think of. Just the coins is enough for me.

Oh my god.

I have seen that circular groove on a few Barber dimes as well. This seems to be a good explanation for it, particularly if these coin banks were very common. Previously I was thinking it had something to do with parking meters or gumball machines.

https://coins.ha.com/itm/barber-dimes/dimes/1900-s-10c-pcgs-4823-/i/800094580.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515 What's up with this dime? I have never seen or read about any Barber "specimen" strikes, and the $183,750 price is in 1894-S range. It's not shoot-for-the-moon marketing hype since Heritage doesn't identify sellers, so what gives?