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That is one scary cent. The obverse has three scary images.It is a Halloween cent. Anyone else see what I'm seeing?

Save your graded coins for your great great grandchildren.What was your lowest grade coin? MS67 Grade is excellent!

On 10/18/2023 at 11:20 AM, Erin33 said:

Hi sorry for the late reply..I just found the coin it’s never been submitted..but I would like to submit it hun. Thanks for asking though.

I would NOT submit your quarter. It may come back with a DETAILS Damaged designation, and would not be a good investment.

On 10/13/2023 at 12:46 PM, EagleRJO said:

Yes, a very interesting collecting style which has an impact on the lower end prices sometimes.  With some coins I was following or bidding on I sometimes saw a jump upwards in prices at the lowest end of the available grades which completely baffled me until I found out about "low ball" sets.

Yes, somebody started a low ball thread awhile back that got me interested in them. I am working on a Seated Liberty Quarter P01 set. The P01 coins can be quite pricey and I haven't seen them at auction yet, but selling on eBay.

On 10/13/2023 at 11:32 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Why not make your own or wait for one to show up in pocket change. 

Buying or placing value above face on a damaged common coin like this is a slippery slope, it leads to misconception and confusion with new collectors. 

Thanks. I now see that my collecting junk coins can lead to misconception and confusion with new collectors and will not ask if their junk coin is for sale from now on. Yes, my junk collection has come from my pocket change. No fun in making my own. I do buy graded coins at auction, usually in the MS65-66 range, but have a fascination with low ball sets.

On 10/13/2023 at 10:00 AM, EagleRJO said:

I have seen this same comment in several recent threads now about potentially damaged coins.  Are you looking to buy these coins, or simply wondering if the coins are being offered for sale?

I am looking to buy @Erin33's quarter if it is for sale for my junk collection.

Is it for sale?

Is it for sale?

Is it for sale?

@EagleRJO do you know the year of the nickel? I can see the 19. The last two digits may be 84?

West Coast here too. Do the mints make their dies in-house? Do they make their planchets in house? I ordered a complete set of the Philadelphia state quarters for a folder that I'm working on from Littleton and  they all were in MS condition. I had most of the Denver coins. I have noticed the PL appearance on circulated coins since the 2021 Washington Crossing the Delaware quarter.

Nice! A couple of moon cents! Do you have a junk collection? I've just started a junk collection. The worst of the worst.

On 10/6/2023 at 7:36 PM, powermad5000 said:

I try to put the damaged stuff back into circulation. I cannot help but look at them and picture in my head the nice coin ejected from the press that it once was and feel bad about how it has been mistreated. Yea, I'm weird like that.

No, not weird. Before I got that moon cent, I returned them them back to my bank in rolls. What makes me feel bad is finding a coin that is perfect on one side and flip it over and there are nicks and scratches. I'm sure every coin collector has that happen. I got some change today but none were worthy of my junk jar. 

Start a junk coin collection for your own amusement. I just started my junk collection with this "moon" cent that I got in change and have added a few ragged dimes. Anybody else have a junk coin collection?

Thanks again. I have seen a dime and a nickel so far in the proof sets that would not grade higher than a PF65 but most would grade PF67+. I did receive a cracked holder 2021 proof set from the Mint. I did buy another set from somebody else but may send the coins from the cracked proof set in for grading someday.

On 9/29/2023 at 7:08 AM, Henri Charriere said:

It looks like Dole has the currency shtick locked down.  Me? I am going to sticker my slabs with Chiquita brand bananas. I have no idea how collectors will feel about them, but the Guatamalan migrants up here will love 'em.     

The Germans have their own tradition as do the French, but there aren't too many around where I live.  For the Mexicans, it's THE THREE KINGS CAKE / LA ROSCA DE REYES.  I'll stick a small denomination Mexican Banknote to the traditional stacked cake with a Mexican sticker attached.  You know what they say, "Are you a Mexican, or a Mexican't?.  On Three Kings Day, on the first Week of January, I'll be a MEXI-CAN!  Adios amigos!  🤣

LOL Henri! If I ever see a Chiquita banana sticker on a slab, I will buy it! I have in fact thought about putting a gold star on my coin holders...

On 9/29/2023 at 5:09 AM, The Neophyte Numismatist said:

Specializing in the grading of GI packs seems like an upside-down business model.  The grading costs will be more than the value of the coins in almost every case.  The chances of every coin in a pack being MS67 is so remote, and you would have to grade all the coins in the pack if it were intact.  

Poofs are very much the same - you had better be very good at telling a PF69 from a PF70 (and most are not - myself included).  Really those are the only grades that matter in modern, clad proofs.  Anything less is essentially worthless (and frankly I would rather not have a grade than show a clad PF65).  

The gem proof example above is laughable.  You will have a hard time finding a proof set in that packaging that is not "gem" (MS65+).

Thanks. I know I am upside-down business wise since I started buying these proof sets. I am a collector first and a seller only in hard times. In fact, I have got a small coin hoarding collection going on. I wish I could tell tell the difference between a PF69 and a PF70. But I do know what a MS65 grade looks like after sending in a lot of coins for grading a couple years ago that I thought would grade higher.

On 9/29/2023 at 4:03 AM, EagleRJO said:

I believe you have to be a dealer submitting a sealed and marked container.  But how would that be meaningful as you would lose money doing that.

Thanks for the advice. I will keep an eye out for the NGC first day of Issue proof sets to purchase to add to my collection.

On 9/28/2023 at 10:39 AM, EagleRJO said:

I meant to keep the annual sets in the OGP without submitting them.  And it looks like the TPGs already offer that attribute service for sets, although I don't really see a significant demand for just that.

https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6225/NGC-US-Mint-Set-Attributions/

Thanks! The NGC disclaimer is "original sealed mint shipping box". I have been buying proof sets online that are in the mint box or envelope, not in a SEALED mint shipping box. I may try for the first day of Issue in 2024.

@EagleRJO Thanks, I do want to keep my mint sets in their OGP holders. I purchased a 2017 mint proof set just like yours with the NGC first day of Issue sticker and seals in the OGP holders. That got me wondering if the TPG's offered some kind of attribute service for mint set collectors that want to keep the OGP holders. Stickers and seals and for the older sets in cello put into a sealed holder like they use for notes. It does sound like a great business to me with a low cost start up, website, label and stickers, forms and a PO Box. If I was younger, I'd start it up!

I'm going to start my own TPG for grading proof mint sets. I got an email back from NGC when I asked if they would acknowledge mint sets in OGP with stickers and seals NGC replied with a standard reply letter. not one word about my mint proof set question. I bought a lot labels and stickers during my career in printing and seriously thinking about it. I have not heard from PCGS yet.

I purchased this 2017 S clad proof set from MCM and it has NGC stickers and seals for First Day of Issue. This is the first mint set I have purchased with NGC stickers and seals. Too bad they don't give them numbers for a registry. Anybody else have mint sets with stickers and seals? What does the "MINORS" stand for? 

I love seeing chest feathers on old GW quarters. Hard to come by in the wild. I have found only two GW quarters in change worth keeping over the last few years.

I got my 2019-S proof mint set today and they come with a 2019-W cent. I was surprised at the condition. It would not grade 68-70. Just a bit lower. The 2019-S cent is in 68-70 grade. I am not cracking my S proof sets and not paying grading fees.

On 8/28/2023 at 3:46 PM, powermad5000 said:

I am always serious when it comes to coins. Now, conversations, that is a different story and I try to interject humor whenever possible.

Be careful! A couple of years ago I was suspended for a week from here. I was joking with @Hoghead515 about cleaning his 3 cent pieces in a thread and a lot of members got upset with me. Not too long after that, I got clean and sober. I now know who I can joke with here and who not to joke with.