Moxie15

Oh, and welcome to the forum.

No, it is not. It is a proof.

7 hours ago, Alex in PA. said:

The problem with your statement is:  CAC has been in business since 2007 and has developed a hobby wide reputation for certifying some of the most appealing coins being offered today.  It is not unreasonable to believe a person new to our hobby has done his homework and read the publicity, comments, etc. about this organization while attempting to acquire information on the hobby..  So, to want the finest coin available may not be a matter of the heart but certainly is a matter of the mind.  However, there are a few who do try to learn anything about collecting.  

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.   

In a perfect world perhaps.

In this world if a newbie is spending such money without some kind of knowledge of his hobby then he is not being honest to himself and had better beware. Yes honest sellers are great but they are also human, and above all trying to make a living by getting you to buy their product.

There are some here that think coin dealers need to be saints to be in business, to them I just smile. Perhaps I am simply jaded, and do not collect in the realm where CAC is a major factor, but outside of online forums I have seen little interest in  what CAC thinks.

If the dealer says 'yes it has' and the buyer still buys the coin, is he wrong?

Ultimately if one's most important concern is what CAC thinks then  I question where one's heart truly is.

So who does the engraving now? HAL 9000?

8 hours ago, Hoghead515 said:

Didn't it go a few years there without a chief engraver?  

yes, from 1991 to 2006 and 2010 to present I think

8 hours ago, Hoghead515 said:

Noone. 

exactly correct!

who was Chief Engraver in 1999?

sinnock?

William Barber 20 cent piece

13 hours ago, Woods020 said:

Here is one for you HH in the mean time to distract you. Who is the only chief engraver who didn’t engrave a coin for circulation during their tenure?

Elizabeth Jones?

has anyone guessed John Gardner?

pf 63 shot at cameo

Henry Voigt, per chance?

I think the 1925 D is worth 3 or 4 cents, maybe up to 5 vents. The 1963 D is worth face value. I think it has some strike doubling that adds no value.

You asked what we think. There it is.

6 hours ago, RWB said:

Here's another engraver quiz question.

Which member of the US Mint Engraving Department spent their career making foliage and logos, yet was Acting Engraver on many occasions?

Reich or Rieck something like that

If it were a cladding error you would feel a ridge where the outer layer is missing. run you thumbnail across it, if you do not feel an obvious bump where the color change is then it is not a cladding error.

It looks like a stain from the picture

okay, one of the Barbers, then. William Barber?

Longacre?

Wright? forget his first name. John, maybe?

38 minutes ago, Hoghead515 said:

John Sinnok ?  He was from the 20th century. Coins were getting the more modern look to them. Don't know a whole lot about him tho. 

got it! good job

@RWB William Barber?

@Hoghead515it is not Longacre, Think 20th century

this engraver was chief during the demise of many of what some say were our country's  most beautiful designs and designed one of the replacement designs himself