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I don't remember that either. I was working in an ice cream parlor in 1974 and it was all cash, we gave out lots of change, there was no shortage of cents. This was in the Chicago area. Perhaps the shortage was in a specific area.

Congrats Roger! Thanks for all your past help.

The OP is not interested in reasoning, only attention. I suggest that it's about two weeks past time to stop giving it to them. This thread is like flogging a dead horse with a dead horse.

That and acid washed jeans.

The FG appears to be correct for Wide AM as well. It's cool to find something like that, even if it's not worth a whole lot. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/wideams.html

Found by the water heater makes me think it was used to level something, and the damage came from that.

Wow, I just noticed that this thread has 1.5 million views.

Ratzie quickly moves on to their next astounding coin. Like JKK, I'm just not going to respond anymore.

It's sometimes difficult to imagine what other people do with coins. That's why we see so many "errors" posted on forums.

I can't add much to this other than that I looked at a bunch of 1893 $5 between MS60-MS63 on Heritage last night and it seems all over the map to me. MS63 coins much worse than MS61, MS60 better than MS62, etc etc. ANACS seemed stricter than NGC or PCGS. Prices all over the place. I wouldn't want to be a grader, particularly not gold. (Mostly because I'd get fired after the first hour). On the obverse comparison I posted, I really see them about the same. (You're fired!) The gash across the cheek on the OP coin I see more as a rub and not too deep, while the other coin's gash looks deep. There's more chatter in the lower right field, but less above the hair and around the date. The left field on the OP coin has that one big gash, but otherwise they look about the same to me. (You're fired! Again! How many times do we have to fire you?)

By the way, I have the MICROSCOPIC EVIDENCE to prove that this is a SPECIAL MATTE FINISH COIN and it is a NEW DISCOVERY. I estimate that it is worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

Let's change this thread to "Post your special matte finish coins". Here's mine.

Me too. Your "obelisk" comment helped a lot - I didn't consider it a crucial detail until you said that. I only saw it as a surfboard. Maybe contact them directly and see if they know anything. It could be fun. Lots of these "store token" things were made and people love tracking them down from 100 years ago, but you probably don't want to wait around that long.

This is where I love a learning experience. How much difference is there, really? Granted, all we have are images on here, and there's hardly any difference in value. You put these almost 3 grade points apart. I tally up the various marks and severity, and it's almost a tossup.

That settles it then. You two work out the details in private and we'll await the results.

Come on, it's not any "cleaning", it's the crappy counterfeit dies.

You can bet how US retailers will do the rounding. WalMart alone does 265 million customer visits per week. Even if they only made an extra cent each visit through rounding, that's almost $138 million a year.

I don't think it's that bad @RWB, if you look at the definition of MS62 on the Sheldon scale. And at least it's consistent. I sort of cheated with my (winning!) guess. It was based on this one on Heritage, also MS62*. I had to take a close look because at first glance it seemed to be the same coin, but isn't.

Funny how 435 Arch St is right next to the current mint building.

They are novelty items, not coins. Notice that there is no denomination on the "coin". It looks like your "date" is 1907, the first year of the St Gaudens double eagle. I don't think a TPG would grade these, but somebody might collect them.

The VDB was added to the base of Lincoln's shoulder in 1918, so if you can conclusively determine that it's not there, then it's a 1916.

I think it's a surfboard, not an obelisk. The font of "Sunset" on the surfboard seems to match the logo of the Sunset beach bar & grill. Maybe something they sold in their souvenir shop. http://sunsetsxm.com/ Edit: OK, now I'm sure of it. http://sunsetsxm.com/beach-2/

The reverse design is very similar to this fantasy issue. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces117370.html

Holy expletive, what do I win?