Moxie15

It looks to be a double struck Evasion piece.

How would he feel if it $500,4, 3 or even $200

this made me remember a story or article a saw in a book I read a long time ago. I think it was one of Q. David's work. A famous numismatist bought a number of coins at a famous auction and was in his hotel room cleaning them and drinking. Somewhere in the night he confused his cleaning solution for his drink, never did finishing ruining that batch of coins

Tulips! I tell ya, it's tulips! They're coming back, any day now they will spike again!

This is not surprising to me. The ones who have a golden parachute will jump. Next those who have a counterpart in the other company with a better track record of toeing the line will be pushed then it goes downhill from there I have ridden such a roller coaster twice before it is no fun I expected this to start several years ago and am surprised it took this long. I was sure of it when there were a couple of high level departures a few months back. If I was working there I would have said to any who would listen to hang tight it is going to be a very bumpy ride

when I was putting together my Jefferson set I would go to my favorite coin shop and sit for a couple hours at a time sorting through fifties and sixties nickels. One day the owner says "you won't find a full step coin, you know". I answered "full step!? I will settle for full windows!"

Fact you provide no reference for any of your Self Proclaimed facts ^1. If this was in a Sophomore high school level research paper (when and where I was a sophomore in high school)^2 you would have just failed for presenting something as fact with no citation to prove your 'facts'. 1. NGC Coin forum "How many countries will make "Defeat of the Covid Empire" coins in 2021?" 2. Stevens High School Mr Grenier's Sophomore English class 1977 p.s. I would get no better than a 'D' for incomplete and / or incorrectly citation So where did you find your 'facts'

I looked at the coin then wondered what made you write so much about what looked like an AU coin that looks to have a huge wheel mark on the obverse. Perhaps I am a bit blind in my old age, but I would spend that one

wow Quint, you missed that one. And yes Moxie is an old English girl's name and a soda, it was also my dog my post was about definition not pronunciation.

actually he was praised. This was a collection of about two dozen bidders bidding on about 50 items with a couple of retired players holding up the items and very low key.

Just because someone is willing to spend $400 on a $40 item does not make the item more valuable, just more expensive. ex. I was attending a charity auction after a spring training baseball game the year after Cal Ripkin retired. This auction was to support the local little league. When a signed Cal Ripkin ball came up two people got into a bidding war; when the price hit $100 the auctioneer paused and said that the ball was worth $40, and asked if they wished to keep going. The two nodded and the bidding went to $400.

ex·pen·sive /ikˈspensiv/ Learn to pronounce adjective costing a lot of money. "keeping a horse is expensive" val·u·a·ble /ˈvaly(o͞o)əb(ə)l/ Learn to pronounce adjective worth a great deal of money. "a valuable antique" noun a thing that is of great worth, especially a small item of personal property. "put all your valuables in the hotel safe"

exactly what makes you think this is a new variety? All I see is a rather worn and damaged cent. Please say what I am missing Thank you

The question was concerning so called 1964 Special Mint Set. My comment concerned 1964 coins only.

You can't. Even the experts who say that they can tell cannot give an explanation on how to tell. Other experts say they do not exist. In reality Special Mint Set is a misnomer as there were no sets ever made. Some experts say that the coin are merely first strikes on new dies that were kept aside.

IF I were in your place and could afford it I would send them to ICG as they will encapsulate them with a label that says counterfeit. Then you could keep them as a memory of your father and a nice talking piece and no problem with memory lapse. not to mention a nice education display.

I am glad you are pleased with your purchase. Collecting is meant to please the collector. Buy what you like, not what others like. If you buy with something other than your own pleasure in mind you have moved beyond pure collecting. This is not a bad thing, but neither it is a necessary thing. @James Zyskowski all I would ask is that you understand what you are doing and do not have unreasonable expectations. Beyond that... ENJOY

Welcome to the wonderful world of coin collecting they look polished,but it could be your pictures

the picture is not clear enough for me to be certain but it does not look it. Can you get better pics?

do not worry about it if the moderators think it should be moved they will take care of it. Your question seems like a perfectly acceptable question without being in the newbie forum. I have been collecting over fifty years and do not know the answer to your query. So I do not classify it as a newbie question

the answer is yes we make their coins and made them in 83. It is the same as a US cent so I would hang onto that until you know what is going on. You may want to get a pic of it on a scale and go to ASK NGC.

please define old and provide pictures if you can

Oh, and welcome to the forum.

No, it is not. It is a proof.

As I see it the problem with your statement is if a sticker on a holder is is so important to a collector that it is the first question they ask then their heart is not about the love of the coin but the love of something else. If this is where your heart is at, especially a newbie, the one is just a short step away from becoming a collector of the right number on the proper label in the preferred holder with the correct sticker. If this is where one's heart is then fine fine. There are many who say that no matter how knowledgeable a numismatist this person may be their heart is not set on the coin but the holder. Wanting only the best coin available is not a matter of the mind but a matter of the ego.