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There are some gold experts who will chime in soon, but I’ll tell you it doesn’t look right to me. And I certainly don’t see a mirror finish. I think you will get some opinions that your PCGS grading fee is money well spent.

I think this is it. Coinoscope app is a great tool. It analyzes the coin from a picture and provides matches.

Agreed. If you have kids who this will inspire in some way feel free. PM me their info and I’ll send something no questions asked.

I would suggest posting clear and closely cropped pictures of both sides of the coin. A lot of very good copper collectors in the forum can give you an opinion of grade and authenticity. Always a good idea before assuming you hit the jackpot.

It appears the coin took a hit at the base of the I in liberty. This hit probably displaced some of the metal below the impact. It “bunched” the metal. That’s my opinion anyway.

The Coffee Shop Selma Alabama

I’m refocusing some of my sets, getting rid of duplicates, and generally thinning certain herds. I’ll post a few rounds over the next few days. *Paypal payments Pictures on request. Just PM me. 1829 Cap. Bust 50c PCGS AU53 - Sold 1902-O Morgan $1 NGC MS63 - $75 1883-O Morgan $1 NGC MS 62 - $60 1900 Morgan $1 NGC (Old Gen 5 holder) MS 64 - $80 1883-O Morgan $1 NGC (Old Gen 3 holder) MS 64 - $80 1886 Morgan $1 NGC MS62 - $60 1880-S Morgan $1 NGC MS 63 - $75 1887 Morgan $1 NGC (Old Gen 4 green label) MS63 - $65 1889 Morgan $1 NGC MS62 - $60 1898 Morgan $1 NGC MS63 - $75 1885-O Morgan $1 NGC MS62 - $60 1881-S Morgan $1 NGC MS63 *cracked holder - $50 1880-S Morgan $1 PCGS MS64 - $90 1880-S Morgan $1 PCGS AU58 - $50 1880-S Morgan $1 PCGS MS62 - $75 1891-CC Morgan $1 PCGS AU Details (cleaned) - $275 1888 Morgan $1 PCGS AU58 - $50 1888 Morgan $1 PCGS MS61 - $55 1888 Morgan $1 PCGS MS62 - $60 1899-O Morgan $1 NGC MS63 - $70 1901-S Morgan $1 PCGS AU55 - $275 Tons more Morgan’s to come. Raw and graded if you are looking for something I have a couple hundred I would part with. PM me.

If it had a D (Denver mint) you would be all set. There were not supposed to be any copper small dates manufactured in Denver in 82. Yours was from Philadelphia.

Conder correctly added an 8th variety to my list.

Welcome to the forum. There are 7 varieties possible for the 1982 cent. The rarity is the 1982 D small date in copper. 1982 "Large Date" bronze; 1982 "Small Date" bronze; 1982 "Large Date" zinc; 1982 "Small Date: zinc; 1982-D "Large Date" bronze; 1982-D "Large Date" zinc; 1982-D "Small Date" zinc. if you are curious how to tell the difference in copper/bronze or zinc, you can weigh them. Copper should come in at 3.11 grams and zinc 2.5 grams.

I submitted a a question on the Ask NGC thread regarding an Alabama so called dollar I had a question about. It is an NGC graded item. The post has been up for 2 days for the most part and no response. The text is also in red and a caution sign. Is it because I included a web link to the item I was asking about? I’ve never posted anything on that thread before obviously.

I’m curious to see others opinions, but I’m fairly certain this is PMD (Post Mint Damage), and not an error. It’s impossible to know for sure what caused it, but we can know it didn’t leave the mint like that. A belt sander may have been involved.

Others are surely better resources than myself, but as someone along the same path I’ll say the most useful to me are materials on the “how”. Maybe it’s the way I think but understanding how all the processes and components of the coinage process sheds so much light on the “what”. All of a sudden those errors you think you are seeing you know that happened/didn’t happen, or why coins from the same mint/year can look so different. Just examples. But that’s my biggest light bulb was starting to build a base from the ground up, beginning with how coins are made and moving forward. A couple good books I’ve found helpful, and authors are active on here - From Mine To Mint (RWB on here) - History of the US mint & coinage (DWLange) then go to guide books for focus series I have a feeling 20 years from now we will still be reading quite a few books to learn numismatics.

The timing is perfect. A nice 1933 double eagle is about to go to auction it seems. That would be one heck of a coinaversary gift! Aside from that I’m in a similar position. I’m closing on a year and have bought way too much that is all over the board. But I’ve slowed down buying to almost nothing and reading everything I can get my hands on. I’ll tell you it’s worth the pause to educate yourself more. I’ve kicked myself several times for things I wish I had known before jumping in head first buying. Lots of great books that members can recommend if there is a certain area of focus you want to learn more about.

Haha yes something like that. Sometimes we like to be on a first name basis with our long gone countrymen.

I thought he meant Franklin as in his first name?

This one is 42. But you are getting much closer to 43 atleast.

It’s a mystery to me for sure. Now I’m worried about making sure I find an original. And I was so excited when I saw it was an MS65. But the purist in me wants the original, die chips and all

I did a lot research, and it seems there was a series of restrikes from the original dies in the 60s. There are some diagnostics to distinguish between the two. I’m more confused now why NGC would slab it with the same HK number and no recognition of restrike? Seems like a miss to me. Here is the article on collectors universe discussing the diagnostics. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/957647/hk-402-panama-pacific-alabama-so-called-dollar-restrike-with-original-dies

I have been looking for this Alabama so called dollar from the Pan Pac Expo, and I finally ran across this listing. Here is my question. Nowhere on the label from NGC does it mention a restrike, however the listing says it’s a 1963 restrike? I know little to nothing about these, but putting together a coin and exonumia collection for Alabama and this is on my list. What am I missing? http://www.so-calleddollar.com/for-sale/1915-ppie-alabama-state-scd/

They may have been in the pocket of they guy that fell in the acid. Or his coworkers were throwing them at him telling him not to swim in that pool.

Ouch 🤕

I have no strong opinion on if it was cleaned or not. However, a sound argument could be made it was. Brushing the surface with an abrasive brush or rubbing with a cloth will do just what we are seeing without touching the pitting and incuse areas. Dipping or chemical cleaning probably isn’t the case here because it would have gotten those spots to some degree. But cleaning is a broad term and it’s certainly possible this was cleaned. It’s also entirely possible the shine on the high spots is from parking lot abrasion. But either way the shine is caused by abrasion and it could have been from cleaning. Who knows for certain what happened, but you can’t say it’s impossible.

Black Diamond Coal Mining Company Birmingham (Jefferson County) Alabama