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What are you thinking/hoping it will say on the slab, if it isn't "just another proof"? I'm curious.

Raised blobs or ridges of metal on the tops of otherwise normal looking letters and numbers is common. I see it on my Franklin halves. I think you're looking way too closely at this stuff.

The last images do look like a normal proof to me. I don't know how you obtained it, but my understanding is that some collectors buy a set but are only interested in one of the proofs and just spend the other small denominations.

That's really not their job though, is it? There is a 1913 Numismatist article lamenting the destruction of 120+ hubs and dies in 1910, and how the mint didn't strike sample coins from all of them before destruction. So your sentiment is an old one, but it's water under the bridge. It seems kind of pointless to complain about it.

For collector value or to get around prohibitions on owning gold, are two reasons I can think of.

This is one of those things where grading is a "black box" to me, along with "scratch". Search Heritage archives for "morgan $1 unc rim damage". Some of them are yeah, that's rim damage. Others it's like "they detailed it for that??". So in your case it's hard to say what they will say.

I think somebody went at it with a buffing wheel or something. Look at all the tiny flecks all over it, particularly around the top rim in the first photo.

They have to be in an unsealed monster box with the correct label.

The third coin looks like a 1913 Prussia 2 Mark. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13477.html

I guess it depends on how many monster boxes are still unsealed and how many get submitted. People seem to like all the signature slabs and such, so why not this I guess.

Sorry. A more appropriate response would have been https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/lincoln-cents-wheat-reverse-1909-1958-pscid-99/1944-1c-msbn-coinid-12720. It's cool that you found a 1944 cent still circulating. Unfortunately, Philadelphia made 1.4 billion of them.

This "no mint" stuff again. It's really gotten to be a pet peeve of mine. Where does it come from?

Your second one looks like it was a decorative stud on a leather belt or similar.

I've seen some of this "extra thickness" doubling on Wexlers, and there has to be a definite line or ridge somewhere, that demonstrates actual die doubling. Otherwise it's just a worn out die. Honestly some of these are so microscopic that I have trouble assigning much premium to it.

I would imagine it was very high quality steel. People make knives out of old files for that reason.

I don't have any thoughts on the "penny", but that has to be the creepiest coin forum profile picture ever.

I'm way too picky, but you don't really need to say "no mint mark". They're just Philadelphia coins. You could say "1966-P", or just "1966" and Philadelphia is assumed. The reason I bring it up is that there seems to be this perception out there that "no mint mark" coins are somehow valuable, probably from YouTube videos, due to a couple valuable proof dimes that were missing the S, and I see a lot of posts lately with this "no mint mark" thing. Maybe I'm the only picky one who senses a misguided perception of "value" every time I see "no mint mark". (Am I?)

It looks like it has been removed from the original sealed plastic packaging? If so, fingerprint may not be from the mint. Blemish NE of "ty" catches my eye.

History. 100 years from now these will be like shipwreck coins.

This is where I always feel like a dolt. I never see these "bullion gold coins" selling anywhere near actual gold price when they come out. Like, right now US Mint is selling 1 oz Buffaloes ($2415) and AE's ($2375), and gold is at $1712. 40% above gold price. Why not just buy gold if you're speculating? "Numismatic value" is such a crapshoot - I mean you can go back 120-140 years to some of the $10 gold in low MS and they're still not worth 40% over gold price. Moderns are pretty and cool and all that, but the "investing" side I just don't get.

"here more easily to use from the phone" from their other post explains that. It's the new "phone style" communication method.

You've got other "weird things" above right of the building, but given how beat up the coin is it's probably just damage that moved some metal.

I would sell them just like that as a bulk lot and hope to get $2-3 each out of it. The 1920-30s dates might attract more buyers but if you split them up the 1940s dates will just sit there. I mean, there's over 3,000 1942 dimes for sale on ebay right now and you've got 4 of them.

Full Torch, like the FB (Full Bands) and FS (Full Steps) strike designations.

This is the stark reality that the current situation has made clear - the unbelievable number of people who don't have one month's worth of expenses saved up.