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I couldn't agree more with seeing a picture of the coin as you mentioned. Your are absolutely correct about speculation.

Hey tj. I was referring to another member's coin, @Chris Mikesh coin that he mentioned on this thread several replies earlier. I was hoping he may respond here but unfortunately he hasn't.

Don’t sell yourself short my friend. You are very knowledgeable on the subject matter IMO!!

Good info here Hoopster. Thank you. Just to set my thought processes straight here, if these proof coins do not contain any iron, and they only pure silver and copper even in the layer forms as you described, how could rust could happen if there's not any iron in the mix? Especially if an entire coin has rusted. To me that means it would have to contain a considerable amount of iron??? Thanks.

Thanks Coinbuf! At least I'm not losing my mind (just yet). I did see the prices on higher grades but I would have still thought they would be MUCH pricier than what previous auction results have realized. Thanks!

And our resident Nickel expert chimes in and teaches us all (at least me) a really neat lesson. Thanks Lem!!!! Much appreciated. I love learning stuff like this!

Those are definitely beautiful coins @J P Mashoke! When I first saw the grade on your new 1938 FS addition I immediately thought, "Dang...... J P done gone and hit the lottery and didn't tell us....." (I guess I'm showing my ignorance here). My feeble mind immediately thought that a first year Jefferson, WITH Full Steps and being MS, would be worth a small fortune (we know you are a high roller flying under the radar J P... it's ok....). Regardless, that is a gorgeous coin especially for its age. Congrats on both pick-ups my friend!

Yes Chris, I think @Mohawk has a great suggestion here. I would personally love to see your Kennedy and what it looks like. As opposed to posting it here on this member's thread, simply out of respect for the original poster, why not make a new thread for your coin. I'm sure Mohawk and others would like to see it as well. I'm sure there are other members who have not read down this far on this particular thread to see what we are talking about now. It sounds pretty interesting and who knows, if you have a 40/60% Kennedy half, and it does in fact have rust, you may have something of value. I have never heard of a silver proof rusting. I could only assume from what you described that you may have an off metal planchet error of sorts. If you do decide to make a thread for it, make sure you add the weight of it in 100th's of grams if you are able. Just MHO here and ya never know......

Hello Chris. Your 1969-S Proof I don't believe could possibly rust granted it was struck on its intended planchet. Being comprised of 40% silver and 60% copper, neither one of these elements are predisposed to, or are able to, rust. I'm not a professional metallurgist but unless your half somehow contains iron, which it shouldn't..... I don't see how it could actually rust.

Go back and look at what Greenstang recommended. If the areas are raised then it is probably an adhesive that should come off if you soak it in Acetone. If the areas are incuse then it is most likely PMD. It's hard to tell in pictures what is raised and what is incuse.

This joke does mention a "Buffalo" and a "coin" (maybe not coin humor) but I couldn't resist posting it........ It was the days of the Old West when an Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand, pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the counter guy, "Want coffee." "Coming right up," is the reply, and he gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere, tosses down a coin for the coffee, and walks out.... The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand pulling another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and says again, "Want coffee." This time the guy is ready. "Whoa there, fella!" he says. "We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday! What was all that about, anyway?" The Indian smiles and proudly says, "Training for upper management position." Not surprisingly, "Huh?" came the reply. "Yuh," he says. "Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day." And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how modern Management Theory began.

Hey @J P Mashoke. I'm having a little trouble with this one. In looking at the obverse, if this was a grease affected strike (greaser, struck through, etc....), it would have surely affected the letters TY in LIBERTY. These letters appear well struck, with good relief, yet the area of distortion on the obverse encompasses these letters. It's hard to tell from your pic if this distorted area is raised or incuse (speaking only about the obverse at this point). If it is incuse, and being that the letters are not affected, I would start leaning toward some type of planchet error/issue. Just my thoughts here.

If only I had a rolling machine........ I'd make the best North Georgia tokens you'd ever see......

Tell ya what, I'll go all in and raise the pot to this. 200 ounces of pure copper.....

I think finding one in a day is a great accomplishment my friend. I have yet to find one. The other noticeable thing about the second one, which is an identifier, is the lack of curvature that creates the spitting image that was obviously initially created by the die clash. No worries, you still had a great day regardless!

The first one you found and posted is for sure the spitter. This one does not have the same characteristics and the placement of the "spit" is not in the correct location. Hard to tell what's up from down and vice versa from pics sometimes but it looks like an incuse area from the Eagle's neck to the noticeable 'spit line'. The 'line' on this one is also further right and starts under the beak whereas the real thing (the spit) begins slightly left of the beak. Just my humble observation here. I'm thinking this one was struck from a heavily abraided/over polished die. You can also see the reduction in the relief of the Eagles right (the Eagle's left) wing details.

Yes, the Golden Eagle and I have seen the pictures you have posted of this majestic creature. It belongs to the family of Accipitridae and predominately habitats within the Northern Hemisphere. Nice!

Hello David and welcome to the forum. Your question, to me, is a bit ambiguous. What do you mean by graded coins you have registered? And, One has a price but the others don't? Not sure exactly what you are asking. If you just need pricing guidelines on coins you already have slabbed and graded by a TPG, our NGC host here has listings for all graded coins. The link to coin prices is in the menu.

Yes.... that too!!!

However, the correct term (species) for the Eagle on the reverse would be: Haliaeetus leucocephalus @Mohawk would be proud of me.....

Loomis is all you will get here in North Georgia. I've never seen anything else up here.

Grizzly longcut Wintergreen! Actually..... in '74... that would probably have been Levi Garret or Beechnut.

Well that bites....... if you hurry up and go back to the bank maybe they'll let you search through millions of coins and find it...... . About your coin, it would then be considered a slight MAD if the opposite side was not affected. I know you probably already know all of this but in case a newcomer here to the forum were to read this thread at least I've tried to explain the differences. Still very neat.

Also @Hoghead515, I can't recollect the last time I saw a misaligned die on the reverse. A MAD usually, from my coin searches, affects the obverse caused by the hammer die. However.... with that being said, I am not sure how Quarters are struck these days and if they have "reversed" the orientation in which Quarters are struck at the mint. I have read somewhere that the hammer die has always historically been used for the obverse but it seems that I also remember the mint reversed this process at some point and the hammer die was used to strike the reverse.... hopefully this all made sense.

What does the obverse look like? If it has the same look then it would be termed an off center strike. If it only affects one side of the coin then it is considered a MAD.