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It's a nick.

There is no "1975-S 3 coin set". The dual dated "1776-1976" 40% silver 3-coin sets were produced between some time in 1974 and the end of 1976 but, the coins are all the same (uncirculated or proof). The 3-coin uncirculated sets were mostly sold in a red outer envelope, but some were sold in a Christmas-themed white envelope with red ink showing Independence Hall in the snow. The 3-coin proof sets were sold in what I think you mean by the "little blue case", which had gold print and holes for the coins in their capsules.

It appears that the 1943 cent was submitted or will be graded in the "Walkthrough" tier ($175 grading fee) at the maximum $25,000 declared market value. A coin valued at over $25,000 would be submitted in the "Unlimited Walkthrough" tier at a grading fee of $350 + 1% of the market value. For a coin valued at $1,700,000, that would be a grading fee of $17,350! Even the $175 grading fee plus processing and shipping fees is likely to be a painful lesson for the evaluation of what is almost certain to be a plated and/or corroded normal 1943 steel cent. (I don't think we ever saw photos of this coin.) The rare coin that you think you have wouldn't be "bronze coated". It would be solid bronze.

I also think that your coin matches the VarietyPlus photos of the FS-801, but bear in mind that there aren't many collectors of Liberty Seated half dollars by die variety, nor is a doubled die on such a coin as popular as it would be on a more recent series. I doubt that it would be worth the expense and time of resubmission for a variety attribution, and you can record the variety in your own records. If you're considering selling it, you should check for additional recent auction records for pieces of this variety, or you could ask a Liberty Seated specialized dealer such as Osburn, Larry Briggs, or Gerry Fortin if they would pay a premium for it.

This topic would have been better posted on the Coin Marketplace forum, which is for offers to buy and sell coins, rather than in the NGC Registry forum. (The Administrator will likely move it to the correct forum.)

NGC is being decent enough to provide you with an opportunity not to waste a great deal of money. I would take it if I were you.

See the following topic on the Ask NGC/NCS forum regarding the similar piece that @VasquezJ submitted to NGC. He is about to learn a very expensive lesson. Was mistake being done on submission form - Ask NGC/NCS - NGC Coin Collectors Chat Boards

It is quite difficult to grade coins that are at or near uncirculated grades from any photos, even ones that are properly oriented and cropped, unlike those you posted. It requires in-person examination of the coin from various angles, with some magnification. Based on what I can see and over 50 years of experience, this 1961-D Jefferson nickel grades somewhere between AU 55 and MS 63. It obviously doesn't have "full steps". I see a number of abrasions, and the luster appears to be dull. This month's Coin World lists this issue with retail values of 25 cents in AU 58, 30 cents in MS 60, and $1 in MS 63. I doubt that a dealer would want to buy it in any of these grades.

The date, along with other areas of this 1997-D Lincoln cent, have been affected by crush damage from the coin being pressed against a rough surface, such as a roadway. it is not a mint error. It is in fact extremely unusual to find any significant mint error, die variety, or other coin with substantial collector value in circulation. If you are a new collector, you should be learning the basics of collecting U.S. coins, such as the history of U.S. coins, types, which dates, mints and major varieties are valuable and grading before getting into more advanced topics such as mint errors. (Do you have a recent edition of the "Redbook", a grading guide, and a subscription to a current price guide?) If you want an overview of what constitutes a mint error, see the following articles on the NGC website: 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.

Where shall I begin? 1. When you post photos of coins on this forum, please post photos that have been cropped so as to eliminate the surface that surrounds the coin as much as possible. If you claim that a coin exhibits a doubled die, include closeups of the areas that you think show die doubling, or at least describe the areas where you see doubling. Based on the photos that you have submitted, your circulated (brown AU) 1988-D cent does not exhibit any form of doubling, die or otherwise. It does show a number of plating blisters, which are all too common on earlier zinc coated steel cents and of no collector value. The coin appears to be worth only its face value of one cent. If you want reconsideration, please post better photos. 2. You cIaim that the coin exhibits die doubling on both sides, which is extremely unlikely. I can't recall a variety that was an obverse and reverse doubled die, and I've been collecting and studying U.S. coins for nearly 53 years. In fact, contrary to what you may have read elsewhere on the Internet, it is extremely unusual to find any significant die variety (such as a major doubled die) or mint error in circulation. 3. A coin struck from a doubled die exhibits crisp, clear doubling on the affected side, with both images at about the same level and "notches" between the images. Here are images of an example of the "Redbook" variety 1972 doubled die obverse cent. Note these characteristics on the obverse letters and numbers and the normal reverse: 4. If you are a new collector, the last thing that you should be doing is submitting coins to third-party grading services, especially coins that you think are die varieties or mint errors, which are advanced subjects in numismatics. To be successful in this endeavor, you need substantial knowledge and experience in grading and otherwise evaluating coins. If you don't believe me, please review this topic by someone who learned this the hard way, including my and other members' replies: 5. If you're still determined to submit this coin to NGC, please carefully review all of the topics under the "Submit" tab on the NGC home page. Assuming that you already have a paid NGC membership (at least $95 per year), you will need to pay a $19 ("Modern" tier) grading fee, a $18 VarietyPlus fee, a $10 per order processing fee, and a minimum $28 per order return shipping fee, totaling $75, not including your cost of shipping the coin to NGC. That's a lot of money to spend to find out that your coin has no collector value, as will almost certainly be the case. Why not spend this money on a current "Redbook", a grading guide, and a subscription to a current pricing periodical instead? See the following topics to find these and other resources, including free ones:

There are no Morgan dollars that could legitimately be called "rare" by date and mint. For the 1893-S, the NGC census shows a total of 8,056 grading events, 3,796 of which are coins with numerical grades and the remaining 4,260 of which are "details" graded due to impairments, such as the polished, VG Details coin you posted. The PCGS Population Report has 7,563 grading events for numerically graded 1893-S dollars and does not report coins that PCGS has "details" graded, of which there are no doubt several thousand additional grading events. Many other 1893-S Morgan dollars have been submitted to ANACS and other lower tier grading services, and genuine uncertified pieces still turn up. Although some of the same coins have been submitted more than once, it is likely that well over 10,000 1893-S Morgan dollars exist in all grades. They are only rare in uncirculated grades. They and other "key date" Morgan dollars are expensive only because of heavy demand by date and mint collectors and the widespread, false belief that they are "rare" in an objective sense. Mintage figures are mostly irrelevant for coins like Morgan dollars, of which large numbers of coins were melted without regard to date and mint. Under the Pittman Act of 1918 alone, over 270 million silver dollars were removed from the Treasury vaults and melted. As a result, some low mintage dates such as the 1899 (330,000) are common through mid-uncirculated grades, while the 1901 (6,962,000) is a scarcer issue in circulated grades and hard to find and very expensive in any uncirculated grade. Due to the heavy demand and high prices for "key date" Morgan dollars, they are frequently faked by altering dates or mintmarks or making counterfeits. The 1895-S in the album is clearly a fake and so identified instantly by the date elements, especially the "9", that do not match those of genuine coins. I cannot assess the authenticity of the 1895-O from the photos, but it has obviously been "cleaned" based on its unnatural color. The 1893-S has been authenticated by NGC, but as an impaired coin would be discounted from list values and could be a hard coin to sell or get your money back. Based on its NGC photos, it has been heavily polished and is undesirable. See Verify NGC Certification | NGC (ngccoin.com). If you "must" have one, you might wait for a better one. I wouldn't want to offer anything near "Good" money for this one, $3,000 in Coin World and $4,000 in the NGC Price Guide. It might be reasonable at $1,500. The 1895-O if genuine has VF details but would also have to be discounted due being "cleaned". I wouldn't make an offer due to its questionable authenticity.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Whether or not it is genuine, your coin is very likely a piece that was removed from jewelry, with severe damage from having been mounted that removed most of the letters and numbers from the upper reverse and evidence of having been polished to an unnatural brightness, with resulting hairline scratches. It would have to be a very rare coin to be worth submitting for third-party grading with these serious impairments.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Neither of your Morgan dollars exhibits a mint error. Based on the photos, the coins have been exposed to or have remaining residue from some foreign substance, possibly adhesive tape as suggested by @J P M. The green spots on the 1921 Morgan dollar are also indicative of surface contamination, possibly from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as a result of long storage in a soft plastic flip. Acetone may remove both of these residues, but see other forum topics regarding the safe use of this flammable substance. I recommend that you then obtain proper holders, such as hard plastic capsules or "snap-tites" or mylar flips for these coins.

In addition to boxes of low-priced world coins, coin dealers often have at their shops and at coin shows boxes of low-priced and sometimes discounted U.S. coins. These may include some of the minor errors and varieties for which new collectors may be spending countless hours fruitlessly checking their change and bank rolls, sometimes attributed and sometimes not. The dealer may also have missed some better varieties. Less than ten years ago, I found a strong Good 1894 Indian cent that I bought out of such a box for $3.50, and which low magnification revealed to be the doubled date variety (FS-301, Snow-1) listed in the Redbook and currently valued at $60 in Good (Coin World). Have your current price guide when you check through these boxes, as the prices for the items offered in them range from very fair to being overpriced.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Please note that the NGC Registry forum is for topics pertaining to the NGC certified coin registry. For best attention, questions like yours should be posted on the "Newbie Coin Collecting Questions" forum. Your 1965 Lincoln cent is not a mint error or a rare coin. It has been plated or perhaps painted with a shiny, silvery substance, as I understand was frequently done years ago in high school chemistry labs or for sale as a novelty. You can see the underlying copper showing through where the plating has worn off in several places on each side.

I thought that the coin was a dime but wasn't sure. For your and other readers' information, I am posting NGC photos of an 1821 large date Capped Bust dime in About Uncirculated or so condition. Note the shape of the numerals in the date, especially the "2". All large date varieties have this date style. There is a single "small date" variety that definitely doesn't match either. This is why I think that your coin is a contemporary counterfeit.

Apparently, the Director was unsuccessful in preventing release of the "finned" coins, as I understand that the pieces with "wire rims" constitute the majority of the 1907 high relief double eagles in existence today.

It's clearly a "Small 6". On the "Large 6", the 6 protrudes into the bust as in the photo posted above. (A "Large 6" without stems would be quite a discovery.) NGC apparently requires payment of the $18 VarietyPlus fee to attribute an 1806 half cent as anything other than just an "1806". To the topic author--Either Mr. Guth misquoted the Cohen reference, or the Cohen reference is misworded, as that reference itself lists and describes the common (for a half cent) 1806 Small 6, No Stems variety. Even the more reliable resources such as Coinfacts (and even the "Redbook") contain some errors. For future reference, please post topics of this nature in the "U.S., World, and Ancient Coins" forum or the "Newbie Coin Collecting Questions" forum, where they may receive better attention. The NGC Registry forum is for topics pertaining to the NGC certified coin registry.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. I don't know what page on the PCGS website you read, and I don't have a copy of the Cohen half cent book, but every source I checked, as well as my own memory, indicates that 1806 Small 6 half cents come both with and without stems. The standard "Redbook" (2023 edition at p. 91) lists three categories of 1806 half cents described as "Small 6, Stems" (worth a significant premium), "Small 6, Stemless", and "Large 6, Stems", with the latter two categories pricing the same in all listed grades. PCGS Coinfacts lists the 1806, Small 6 half cent at https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1806-1-2c-small-6-no-stems-bn/1093. See also Draped Bust Half Cents (1800-1808) | VarietyPlus® | NGC (ngccoin.com). The Cohen die variety designation for this variety is C-1, and it is apparently the most common variety of 1806 half cent. It is the 1806, Large 6, that is only known to exist with stems.

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Your well-worn ("Poor" grade) coin is one of the earlier or "open collar strike" version of the Capped Bust design used on U.S. dimes (1809-27), quarter dollars (1815-28), and half dollars (1807-36). Your photos don't give me a good sense of the size of the coin, and I can't tell whether the denomination stated below the eagle is "10C.", "25C.", or "50C.". (Cropping your photos so that they show as little as possible of the surface surrounding the coin might help.) A dime of that era should have a diameter of approximately 18.8 mm, a quarter 27 mm, and a half dollar 32.5 mm. The half dollars should have a lettered edge. The date elements, especially the numeral "2", do not appear to match the style for any of these denominations used on coins dated 1821. It is possible that your coin is a counterfeit that was made at around the time of the genuine coins to be passed as money rather than to deceive collectors. (Some collect such "contemporary" counterfeits, and it could be worth more to such collectors than the few dollars that the genuine coin would be worth in this low grade.)

This 2019 Canada .9999 silver "modified proof" Maple Leaf, NGC graded Modified PF 69, accompanied the previously posted enhanced reverse proof U.S. silver eagle as part of the "Pride of Two Nations" set. Except for a small area of discoloration (tarnish?) on the rim, I see nothing that would make its condition superior to the U.S. coin, which graded "70".

Welcome to the NGC chat board. Please note that the NGC Registry forum is for topics pertaining to the NGC certified coin registry. For best attention, questions like yours should be posted on the "Newbie Coin Collecting Questions" forum or the "U.S., World, and Ancient Coins" forum. Additionally, please crop your photos so that they show to the greatest extent possible the coin and not the surface that surrounds it. The NGC World Coin Price Guide indicates that this 1991 Polish 50 Groszy is a common coin with a mintage of over 99 million pieces and a catalog value in circulated condition like this of ten cents. See Poland 50 Groszy Y 281 Prices & Values | NGC (ngccoin.com). Why did you think that it is rare?

Welcome to the NGC chat board. See the third and fourth "Frequently Asked Questions" on the following page: NGC Grading FAQs - NGC Labels and Holders | NGC (ngccoin.com). It does not appear that you will be able to keep the current label if you reholder, but you may wish to contact NGC Customer Service (linked in the answer to the third question) or post this inquiry in the "Ask NGC/NCS" forum for an answer from the NGC staff.

Then he or she would be a really bad engraver.

On your submission form, which of "VarietyPlus" or "Mint Error" did you select for these coins? I have heard of submitters selecting the wrong classification and the coin not being attributed as a result, notwithstanding the $18 fee being paid. Although the mint does not intentionally produce coins from doubled dies, they are classified as die varieties instead of mint errors because the pertinent characteristic, in this case doubling, is in the die itself and should manifest itself in all coins struck from that die. See Variety vs. Mint Error | NGC (ngccoin.com). The FS-101 1969-S doubled die quarter is listed in the latest (Sixth) edition of The Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Varieties as well as in VarietyPlus. The Cherrypickers Guide shows valuations of $125 graded PF 63, $225 in PF 65, and $350 in PF 66. You may wish to check recent auction results for prices realized. Here is one of the VarietyPlus photos. Doubling is also seen on "LIBERTY".