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1926-S Peace dollar, ANACS graded MS 63 (old small holder):

No such variety has ever been reported, nor are we provided with any photos. Considering the nature of this OP's previous claims, this one is highly doubtful.

1843-O eagle, ex-John Jay Pittman collection, conservatively graded "Very Fine to Extremely Fine" by its cataloguer David W. Akers, currently at NGC: Edit 4/4/24: NGC graded this coin "AU Details, Cleaned".

1834 Classic Head quarter eagle with Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated details that I would call "whizzed" (possibly just vigorously "cleaned" with a pencil eraser) but which NGC classified as having an "altered surface" and wouldn't encapsulate. It's still a well-detailed example of this scarcer type: Remember, gold is "wild", so the next post may be of any gold coin or any coin dated 1834.

@Jason Abshier--The figure of 42 1995-W proof ASEs you show graded by NGC in PF 70 UCAM are for coins encapsulated in Mike Castle signature holders only. The NGC Census shows a total of 941 coins awarded that grade, out of 7,483 1995-W proof ASEs graded by NGC. The total of 1,441 coins in the "70" grade by NGC and PCGS combined presumably contains some "crossovers" or other multiple submissions.

1892 Barber half dollar, ANACS graded Uncirculated details, "cleaned" in an old small holder. This coin has the "triple die reverse", now FS-801, and attributed on the holder, though hard to see in the photos:

You may find the following information on the various forms of "worthless doubling helpful: https://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html and links therein on mechanical doubling, die deterioration doubling, and abrasion doubling.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. The rough surfaces and weak details identify the piece in your photo as one of the numerous crude replicas (fakes) of the sort sold in souvenir shops for decades. See Continental Dollars | Coin Explorer | NGC (ngccoin.com) for photos of rare, genuine pieces.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. It is desirable when posting photos of coins that you include cropped photos of both sides and not just close ups. Generally speaking, any significant feature on a coin can be seen at no more than 10x magnification (some say no more than 5-7x). The extreme magnification you are using here isn't necessary. Die cracks are very common on both old and new U.S. (and other countries') coins. They are simply indicative of a die that is approaching the end of its useful life and, as you noted, as the worn die continues to strike coins, the cracks lengthen. They are usually collected as novelties and have little collector value. (One participant in these forums, @Errorists, rather likes them.) Only where a die has remained in use until a large piece has broken off of the die, forming an unstruck, blob-like area called a "cud", is there much collector interest or any significant premium. Showing the crack in progressively more advanced stages would, however, be interesting. Here is an uncirculated 1942-S wartime composition Jefferson "nickel" with a meandering reverse die crack that runs from the "S" in "PLURIBUS" at the top to the second "S" in "STATES" at the bottom. (There is also a thin, curving crack from the side of Jefferson's head into his hair.) We've seen pieces of other dates in this series where the dies cracked in a similar pattern.

Based on your photos, the 1989-P quarter is not a mint error. Someone "spooned" its edges after it left the mint. Please see the following topic: Contrary to what you may have read or seen on some websites, it is extremely unusual to find any significant mint error or other rare or valuable coin in circulation or in coins that were accumulated from circulation. In nearly 53 years of collecting and studying U.S. coins and checking change, I have never found any coin worth more than a few dollars in circulation. I know only one collector who ever has received a significant mint error in change. The vast majority of pieces that people post here believing that they are mint errors or die varieties are coins that were damaged or, like yours, altered after leaving the mint. Nearly all of the others exhibit minor anomalies or "quality control issues" that have little or no market value and wouldn't be attributed as mint errors by third-party grading services. It's fine to keep on looking through change, but please understand that you are highly unlikely to find anything of real interest or value. If you check the inventory of a dealer who deals primarily in mint errors such as Sullivan Numismatics, you will find that the vast majority of the more expensive items offered are in uncirculated grades. I understand that most major mint errors are discovered in newly issued coins at counting houses or by bank personnel who sell them to coin dealers. Some have even been smuggled out of the mint by mint personnel. In 2002 the U.S. Mint initiated procedures that have made it very difficult for any major error that results in a coin being misshapen from leaving the mint, and very few such pieces have been found dated later than 2002. I assume that you have a current or recent "Red Book", a grading guide, and access to current price guides from which you can obtain basic information on U.S. coins and collecting them. If you don't, please let us know so we may assist you in obtaining them. For generally correct information about mint errors at an introductory level, see the following: Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 1 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 2 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 3 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 4 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Variety vs. Mint Error | NGC (ngccoin.com) For a comprehensive treatment of mint errors, see the site error-ref.com.

I have always made it a point to look for low mintage and/or hard to find coins that aren't usually or ever promoted and to avoid highly promoted pieces that are always available for a high price. I'd settle for circulated or even somewhat impaired examples of these coins, and even as such they can be quite hard to find notwithstanding deceptively low list prices. Notwithstanding the lack of promotion, more serious collectors have become of how scarce these coins really are, and many of the pieces that I bought decades ago now sell for multiples of what I paid for them. They include the aforementioned three cent silvers and gold dollars but also include many scarcer Bust and Liberty Seated coins. When I have time, I will create a topic about such coins.

Die chips of this sort are abundantly common on cents and other U.S. coins of this era. Decades ago, there was a fad of collecting the "BIE" cents, but today they carry little or no premium and are not attributed by grading services. See the following topic, one of whose featured coins also has a chip in the date similar to yours:

I had to click the links several times to see the coin, whose photos were still very small. I would be very reluctant to bid on this coin, which superficially appears to be a cameo proof 1878 Liberty Seated quarter, sight-unseen and uncertified on the basis of these photos. It looks too good to be true, and I am puzzled as to why a legitimate coin dealer would offer such a coin uncertified nowadays. It could be a counterfeit or alteration. Does this seller have a return privilege that would extend to the amount of time it would take to have the coin certified?

Yes, you may consider the 1995-W Proof Silver Eagle a "key" date in that series, just as you may consider the 1909-S V.D.B. cent a "key" date in the Lincoln cent series. However, a modern coin issued as a collector's item with 30,125 reported sold and nearly all likely still in existence in high grades can't be considered a truly "rare" coin. Their high price results from high demand that is largely driven by market hype. There are a number of much lower mintage and scarcer U.S. coins that sell for a fraction of what these Silver Eagles cost, for example, post-1862 three cent silver pieces and certain gold dollars and classic commemoratives. The challenge is to find them.

This would be something for the ultimate "lowball" set, except that you're supposed to be able to determine the date.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. See the following topic on the Registry forum for NGC's explanation: NGC Registry- Where do I add my Ancient coins? - NGC Registry Help and Instructions - NGC Coin Collectors Chat Boards There are thousands of different types of ancient coins, some of which are difficult to authenticate or attribute, and there do not appear to be any generally accepted grading standards for them. It would be very difficult to define or score an appropriate number of slots for any competitive set that would be all-inclusive or be satisfactory to all collectors who wanted to participate. Custom sets, though not scored, afford collectors of ancient coins that have been encapsulated by NGC Ancients an opportunity to display and describe their coins in accordance with their own preferences, and NGC does give annual awards to Custom sets, including for the "Best Ancient Custom Set". See The NGC Registry Awards | NGC (ngccoin.com).

I agree that your 1942-S Lincoln cent appears to have been partly coated with glue or some other foreign substance after the coin had entered circulation. Contrary to what you may have read or seen on some websites, it is extremely unusual to find any significant mint error or other rare or valuable coin in circulation or in coins that were accumulated from circulation. In nearly 53 years of collecting and studying U.S. coins and checking change, I have never found any coin worth more than a few dollars in circulation. I know only one collector who ever has received a significant mint error in change. The vast majority of pieces that people post here believing that they are mint errors or die varieties are coins that were damaged or altered after leaving the mint. Nearly all of the others exhibit minor anomalies or "quality control issues" that have little or no market value and wouldn't be attributed as mint errors by third-party grading services. It's fine to keep on looking through change, but please understand that you are highly unlikely to find anything of real interest or value. If you check the inventory of a dealer who deals primarily in mint errors such as Sullivan Numismatics, you will find that the vast majority of the more expensive items offered are in uncirculated grades. I understand that most major mint errors are discovered in newly issued coins at counting houses or by bank personnel who sell them to coin dealers. Some have even been smuggled out of the mint by mint personnel. In 2002 the U.S. Mint initiated procedures that have made it very difficult for any major error that results in a coin being misshapen from leaving the mint, and very few such pieces have been found dated later than 2002. I assume that you have a current or recent "Red Book", a grading guide, and access to current price guides from which you can obtain basic information on U.S. coins and collecting them. If you don't, please let us know so we may assist you in obtaining them. For generally correct information about mint errors at an introductory level, see the following: Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 1 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 2 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 3 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Learn Grading: What Is a Mint Error? — Part 4 | NGC (ngccoin.com) Variety vs. Mint Error | NGC (ngccoin.com) For a comprehensive treatment of mint errors, see the site error-ref.com.

The Liberty Head half eagle was coined at seven different U.S. Mint facilities--Philadelphia, Charlotte, Dahlonega, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City, and Denver. I can't think of any type of U.S. coin produced at eight. Some European countries such as France and Germany may have had eight or more mints operating at the same time.

1871-S Liberty Seated half dime, PCGS graded XF 45, from the "Benson Collection" sold by Goldberg auctioneers in 2002:

Here is a cropped version of the reverse photo of this purported "Special Strike" coin: There's a "D' mintmark, alright! The small, thin "D" mintmark was standard for this era. Here are the NGC Coin Explorer Photos of an uncirculated 1927-D nickel, showing what the mintmark would have looked like before the coin became so worn.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Please post photos of both sides of a coin about which you have questions. The "cut" you describe is exactly that--a cut or scratch--possibly made by a roll wrapping machine, after the coin left the mint. Such post-mint damage is by definition not a mint error and adds no value. Assuming that the coin has a filled mintmark, whether "as made" or from subsequent wear or damage, this would also add no value. A circulated 1972-D quarter (over 311 million issued) presently has no collector value and is worth its face value of 25 cents.

See that little "D" beneath "FIVE CENTS" on the last photo posted, which I assume is of the reverse of the coin purported to be a "Special Strike"? It is the mintmark of the Denver mint. The coin is a 1927-D, not a 1927, in Very Good condition, with a retail value of $6 per Coin World and $10 per the NGC Price Guide. The pieces authenticated as "Special" or "Experimental" strikes were coined at the Philadelphia mint and had no mint mark. If the OP has read any numismatic literature to the contrary, he should please cite it. I can't believe that the OP is serious. I don't know why he is wasting his own as well as our time.

I agree that based on the photos the doubling on this coin is flat, shelf-like strike doubling. Wexler and Variety Vista both list several minor DDOs for proof 1963 quarters, but none is a match for this one. See https://www.doubleddie.com/1370540.html, http://www.varietyvista.com/09b WQ Vol 2/DDOs 1963.htm.

1887 proof Indian cent, ANACS graded Proof Details, Recolored (net Proof 60) in old small holder. The color is a bit "off", especially on the reverse, but the coin is still sharp and attractive:

The "Red Book" would tell you that this is a 1943 zinc coated steel cent, struck that year to free up copper for the war effort, and that 684,628,670 of these were reportedly struck at the Philadelphia mint. Studying a grading guide should lead you to the conclusion that this coin is in About Uncirculated condition, and reference to a current price guide would provide retail (dealer sell) values of 50 to 75 cents. (In my opinion, the reverse spot is too small to be considered an impairment.) Only in better mint state grades does a 1943 steel cent have any real collector value. As noted by @Just Bob, many have been "replated" to look uncirculated but have an unnatural shine. On original coins, the edge, which wasn't zinc coated, is dull but is shiny on the replated ones.