Modwriter

That's what they are suppose to look like. Your dryer works good for making dryer coins 

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

No, all I see is a beat to heck and back cent that is barely usable in commerce.

Hello all, I was roll hunting today and found this cull piece. Through the years I have seen quit a few of these1959 dark nickels also termed as Black Beauty's. Most are not and just environmental damage. This one is a maybe? Just for fun, I thought I would post some shots and get some others opinions to see if it looks like one.  

On my recent trip to Vegas (good trip btw), I got this nickel out of one of the cashout machines in one of the casinos. It's a shame it has a few big hits and some chatter because it is a really good strike and still has good original luster. Thought I would post it here for the enjoyment of those who like a good nickel find in circulation.

Tough lesson, indeed. Very spendy one. Sorry to hear of it.
When I look at the general phenomenon, I think it comes down to a complete and perhaps engineered decline of critical thinking.
In 1965, the US Mint mostly did away with silver in circulation coinage. They minted a lot in 1965 because they had to; the silver started coming out of circulation as fast as people could hoard it, and the commerce needed change. (Now those people are retiring, and are shocked to find out that it's not worth all that much.) So, it was easy to sift through one's change to get higher value...briefly. Soon the silver finds became rare. By my collecting beginning, circa 1970, they were pretty well cleaned out with an occasional leaker. Best silver odds were still war nickels, because so few people realized they had a little less silver than a silver dime.
If it were that easy to just sift through one's change and pull out coins that were worth tens or hundreds of dollars, enough people would do that as well, and it would not take very long before all such coins were out of circulation. Ergo, it can't be that easy to just cherrypick Rare Error Varieties, or everyone would do it. Critical Thinking 101.
We get a few every day, and we try to let them down gently unless they become phalli. In addition to the complete collapse of critical thinking, we get people (not the OP) who just can't let go of it. They argue, debate, point out some problem they don't actually understand but are certain they do, whip out ten more coins (always posted in the same thread, naturally), and insist that they are now rich. We tell them to send 'em in and get rich. We never hear back that they got rich.
The fact is cherrypicking can be fun, and some people gradually develop modest collections of RPMs and such. And as long as people are not thinking Big Bucks, and so long as they are not paying $60 per coin to be told they are worth only face, that's not such a big deal.
And with regard to the other CT aspect of the whole pursuit, I wonder why it's never occurred to people how much authentic coin they could buy for those grading costs. If six coins is about $300, that'll buy a pleasing GSA 188x-CC Morgan, MS 62+. Not bad! I'd rather have that than the plastic. But that so rarely seems to occur to people.

Sorry you had to learn the hard way Lucy.. Bill and Greenstang are correct. Most TPG do not recognize many of the items you asked for unless it is a very rare error. Now days any true error is very hard to find.  

Exactly.
Searching for errors and minutiae is a black hole that is pulling time and resources away from you. 

Welcome to the Chat Board
Agree with Mr. Bill on what he has stated.   
If you were to show a closeup of the area you think was Doubled, someone here will be able to verify it one
way or the other but my feeling is that it is NOT a DD. It would be very unusual to have only one letter doubled.  
Don’t forget also that a TPG usually only uses a 5X when checking for errors and if it is not listed in Variety Plus, then it is not recorded as such.
I think scopes do more harm than good as they bring out all the minor anomolies that are on a coin that many newer collectors think are errors.
Personally  if I can’t see an error without magnification, then it is too minor to have much value.  
It is only major errors that you can see without magnification that have much value. 
 

Well LucyG, welcome to the forum. You learned a hard lesson. One that many have and will encounter. The forum gets questions daily from folks asking about coins that they think are error coins. Much of the blame goes to the YouTube people that demonstrate worthless coins that they state are valuable errors. Real errors are few and far between. The folks on this forum are REALLY knowledgeable about errors and coins in general. If you had asked these folks about your coin, you would have saved yourself the expense and frustration you had.  You might not always like the opinions here but for the most part, they are spot on. You cannot guess the judgement of a third party grader, who is always the final word. I’m not saying mistakes don’t happen but often what collectors see as value does not correctly occur. Your post is appropriate for those who are not in the know. But then those people do not post their coins here before the BIG disappointments. 

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

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.

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.

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

Is it for sale?

I purchased this coin from the Stacks and Bowers Fairmont (Rhone set) auction this past Aug.   I had been mulling over a couple of lower grade examples on some dealer websites prior to this auction.   I am really glad that I happened to look thru that auction as this coin is nicer than the two that I had been considering and less expensive (even with the vig) than the MS62+ coin on one dealers website.   These are the S&B auction photos as I have not sent this to anyone for photos as of yet, MS63 CAC green bean.
 

This one graded above the curve to my delight. Blast white. Frosty George and chilled eagle. Added to registry.

This 1871 three cent silver piece, PCGS graded AU 53, is one of the rare post-1862 issues. It has a reported circulation strike mintage of 3,400, many of which were presumably never released and melted down after the coinage of silver three cent coins was abolished in 1873. I obtained it for below list values at an August 2023 auction. This coin looks much better than its photos, courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries. Instead of being dull as suggested by the photos, it is attractively toned with semi-prooflike surfaces beneath the toning, notwithstanding some dark toning spots. I attempted to take better photos, but the glare reflected by the plastic of the grading service holder prevented my obtaining a satisfactory image. 


 

No, just because the original "Old Man of the Mountain" fell down, it doesn't mean the same will happen to your state quarter.

I do have an 1865 3CN with a Retained Die break. Unfortunately it is an Unc Details coin because it was cleaned. It could be possible a die fragment broke off and got in the strike but came out after the dies lifted. I know there seem to be less cracked dies and clashed dies from about 1869 and moving forward, but this series seems to have been plagued with die issues throughout.

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.