Bink2090

2 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

Careful, he's watching.

Lol. I’m wearing gloves. I swear!

2 minutes ago, tejas1836 said:

A counterstamped cent to commemorate the first man on the moon on July 20th, 1969. This was one of those events in my life where I remember where I was when I watched it on TV. 

that's pretty neat. I found it in one of my grandads penny books. he was a pilot in the marine corps during ww2. and also worked for nasa. he died 5 months ago. left his coin collection to me. He never let me even look at them when I was a kid. Im finally able to touch his stuff. 

what is going on here?

2 minutes ago, Coinbuf said:

Its a better date so there is some value, I checked the Heritage previous sales and found a cleaned UNC details sold for $400 in 11/19.  That one looked somewhat nicer imo so total wild guess is maybe $300-$350 range to the right buyer.

thank you sir.

1 minute ago, Coinbuf said:

No cleaned is cleaned very often its only on one side.

any Idea what the value would be?

I guess the fact that only the obv side being cleaned wont help the value any? I don't see an example of that being sold.

13 minutes ago, Coinbuf said:

Yep now it shows, you tie with the other 1,079 cleaned coins with UNC details.  And as I said it means nothing in the case of a cleaned coin.

Lol. Well that sucks. Wonder why they even put that on any of them when there all the same. Weird.

Just now, Bink2090 said:

Well !

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Well !

Got my first graded coin back. Of course it’s cleaned obv. Mic details. But what does top pop mean?

That's it! matched all marks. Awesome. thank you guys very much. must not be too rare of a vam. every 1878 I have is also a vam 38. exact same marks and doubling.

16 minutes ago, kbbpll said:

Sorry for misleading you. A "reverse die variety" is different. There wouldn't be any "Reverse of 1944" designation unless there was a noticeable design change between years and your 1945 was using the old design. If they reused a 1944-D FS-501 die in 1945, it wouldn't be that astounding and would be difficult to prove anyway. The D/D is such an exact match it just popped into my head that it might be a reused die. Coneca lists 56 RPMs for 1945-D but I have no idea how you'd track yours down for designation.

Hmmm. Well I was planning on sending it with a group of coins that will definitely pay for it. I appreciate your help.

I was looking on VAM world but couldn't find this. Is it machined or a real D.D?

On 1/16/2020 at 5:41 PM, kbbpll said:

Not sure what you mean but yours has the same die crack from the E to the rim. One recently sold on HA (MS66FS) for $144 which also has the D/D. Interesting how they attributed the DDO but not the RPM.

Edit: I guess you were talking about the MM die crack. I am intrigued by the possibility that this is a 1944-D reverse die "retained for future use". There were a lot of retained reverse dies noted in the early 1900s die destruction records so I imagine they continued with that practice.

WOW! The knowledge you guys have is amazing. Is there a variety attribute number or something that I can put on the flip to have NGC research that? I guess rev 1944? Not sure where to begin to find that determination.

So, my grandfather left this coin for my son. I will never sell it. But, I'm thinking of getting it slabbed as a birthday present. What would be your best guess on grade? 

2 hours ago, Just Bob said:

Just in case you want to put some extra info on the coin flip's label: This variety is Overton 101a, the "a" signifying a later die state, after the die crack running through the "ME" of "AMERICA" had started. It is listed as an R2, which on the Overton scale means 501-1000 known.

Even though it isn't considered rare, it is evidently quite popular with collectors, as the auction prices linked by kbbpll would indicate.

Cleaned? Probably, but I like it.

Awesome! Thank you very much.

Coin dealer I showed it to said he thinks it was cleaned. I'm way to new at this to make that determination. what do you guys think? should I send it with my next group?

9 minutes ago, kbbpll said:

Check the obverse for the DDO - seems like you might have something going on in the Y and star. The MM looks identical to the 1944-D FS-501 - odd.

That is weird. didn't notice they are identical except for the crack.

11 minutes ago, CRAWTOMATIC said:

Recent sales from greatcollections (for some reason they have separate categories for 42 & 46 D/D but not 44):

May 2018, MS64 = $293 (PCGS)

July 2019, MS63 = $45 (PCGS)

June 2018, MS65 = $59 (NGC)

Both of the top 2 had 1 bid apiece and the MS65 had 27.  So getting the right opening bid price set may be important.  The MS64 example is the most bright white of the bunch but the fields are messy on the reverse.  The MS63 coin is full of chatter.  The MS65 has the most eye appeal to me with a primarily problem free bust on the obverse and nice coffee toning around the rim on the reverse.  On the obverse the toning isn't as attractive but on a D/D nickel it's the reverse you'll be looking at the most.

The price on the MS64 is puzzling as I don't see anything outstanding about the coin.  Maybe it's top pop for PCGS?  ...... Nope.  Not even close if you consider the FS examples. 

This one's kind of a crapshoot on resale value but a good example on a relatively low overall population.

thank you for all the information. I really appreciate the time.

couldn't find an exact match in the variety section. But its gotta be something right?

5 hours ago, Just Bob said:

That appears to be NGC VP-001 (Coneca listing RPM-004). Nice find.

As far as getting it graded: I don't think that it would get a "full steps" designation, nor would it grade very high, ( I am guessing MS63, assuming that isn't wear on Jefferson's head and on the portico)  but you may want to send it in to have the variety confirmed and put on the label. That is strictly your call.

Ahh thank you very much.

6 hours ago, VKurtB said:

Well tarnation, that'n's as purdy as a prom date.

Much obliged.  

would this be worth a grading? cant find any close auction prices on it.

I believe they are only in proof sets.