Moxie15

yes better pic. It does not look like good news though. I think the D is not doubled or re punched, it looks to me to be plating issues.

In the last few years there have been numerous spectacular 'finds' and 'errors' showing up on the market that no one had seen before. Am I the only on that is standing here dumbfounded? Some of what I am talking about; 1. 1794 "first struck' silver dollar 2. dime struck on a nail 3. quarter struck over Canadian quarter 4. 1964 SMS coins 5. 'Prototype' IKEs The list goes on. I have to admit that I am a devotee of the Apostle Thomas, I doubt everything. As such I think every one of these 'Spectacular Finds' is at best overhyped and at worst totally make believe. The closest thing I have to a motto is I believe nothing, know little,and think a lot. I think #1 is an over hyped early strike but no way to say it is the first and #2 through #5 are so much fertilizer, am I the only one?

too much money chasing colonials for too long causing prices to be too high for easy collecting for folks in my price range.

I think you have the dreaded machine doubling on this one. The mist mark is hard to tell as I am not getting a clear pic, and looks like shadowing around the mint mark.

Sorry, Ratzie, no proof coins have been minted in denver. you have a verywell struck business strike,

why oh why does the congress not change the obverse? There is more than enough evidence that whatever is put on the coin will be accepted by the public. I realise that whatever is done will be a computer generated low relief second rate design but at least it will be something different.

the W is A W the designer's initials in a monogram no mint mark means Philadelphia Below the E? a mark of one sort or another no big deal I think

I am not sure what you are seeing on this one

I see some strike doubling that adds no value to your coin. Classic double die of the periphery of the coin is no longer possible as the hub is pressed into the die once now.

Ideas... 1. Insider, start posting your quizzes. 2. CAC threads get a lot of traction on some boards 3. RWB could post more threads like his thread about the 1794 dollar 4. stupid contests? other boards have lots of them for some reason

luck had little to do with it. How many hours a day for how many days and how many years did he work to find them? How many tons of earth did he move? Nuggets like that are not just tripped over. He earned them, every bloody penny of them, mate.

is it stone or metallic? To me it looks metallic and the patina almost looks, well, questionable. You may want to contact a museum or two to try to contact an Egyptian curator or expert. They may be able to identify it easily.

it is a TI the T2 has almost ball like serifs

The great Karnac the Mudnificent holds the envelope to his Onyx orb and behold out of the envelope falls two shiny coins! A new discovery!' he shouts. Sometimes I wonder if in a generation or so we will be looking at claims like this the same way we now view some of Walter Breen's claims. Why do I hear "Entry of the Gladiator"?

The only thing I have seen 'Acid Wash" used for is a Muriatic (likely misspelled) acid wash of a brick or stone building. I have not seen it done in a very long time, though. Not sure it is still legal.

spend it or bring it to the bank for exchange. Worth 5 cents. Maybe Lucy will give you some advise at her little stand for it

Hmmmmm...wonder why there would be a 1918 pattern half when walking half was two years old. You sure it is United States of America and not United States of Mexico or somewhere else?

or you could just spend it as it looks to be a damaged cent

maybe he has just had an epiphany. His demeanor has changed lately.

nice pictures. Looks like classic Machine doubling to my eye

opinion: better pictures need picture of coin on a scale showing weight needed

yes. I would say it is a strike through. Do not lose that dark piece! can you tell what it is?

are you able to get clearer pics?

Opinions, opinions, we rely on others opinions so much. Grading is an opinion we all know that. So whose opinion do you trust? Everyone here has seen coins in both company's holders that we disagreed with the grade. Both companies have graded counterfeits as genuine, both companies have graded genuine coins as counterfeits, so what to do? I would start with a phone call to the first company to see if they would agree to a no cost second look. If they do not I would call the other to see if they would do the same. If not I would look to a third company or an industry accepted expert in the series. Is it moral to do nothing or sell them as is? I would say yes. The holder is the guaranty from the company, Is it immoral to sell a coin that NGC or PCGS graded MS 67 that you think is no more than MS65? Grades are opinions of a certain grader or graders of a certain company at a certain time, so is the authenticity, nothing more.

I am aware of that, our friend Ratzie seems to have some doubts, though. I think he has found another coin for his wonderful collection of impossible unknown errors and varieties