Hoghead515

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Here is the first ancient coin I would like to have info on. After reading the thread by @JKKit got me curious to dig these out again. I tried to look them up before with no luck. Ive been meaning to post them for a long time. They may not be valuable but they are still interesting to me. Anything that old I find very cool. They may not even be authentic. My son got them for me a couple years ago. Hopfully they are not to banged up to identify. When it comes to this one Ive always wondered who was on the coin? And what the inscription meant? Also would love to find out other info on it. I love history and would love to learn some history behind this one. Once I have the basic info I may read up about that time period. About the person on the coin and what the times were like. May give me an understanding of what all that coin could have been through. Thank you for any info. My digital caliper woldnt work but it still had measurements to go by. From the widest point was around 19 to 20mm. 1.930 grams on the weight

You never believe this. After seeing that post I watched Gremlins part 1 today. . It was on Netflix.

May catch someone down on their luck and snag it for 10 or 20 dollars even.

Thank you @JKKfor that. I have a couple ancient coins Id like to know more about. They are nothing special but its very interesting to me to be able to own a couple pieces of history over 1000 years old. I will dig them out and get the weight and diameter of them and start couple threads with them. I would love to know the denomination and what the inscriptions are on the coins. And other history about them if its available. Ive tried to look them up before but I got lost. Im useless when it comes to looking up ancients. Thank you very much. I will try to get to them later this evening or tomorrow. Ill dig up my scales and digital caliper. Thank you very much.

I knew soon as I seen it. That was one of my favorite movies back when I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s.

I think you will like it here. There are some great people on this forum. Very knowledgeable people. Ive only been collecting for around a couple years now and these guys made me feel right at home. Biggest part of what Ive learned has been from the guys on here the past couple years, mostly by reading threads by other people almost everyday. Learned quite a bit asking my own questions also and they have always been very cool about answering them. When I joined this forum it was one of the best things that ever happend. Made some of the best friends Ive ever had also. Ive also been known to crack one out to fill an album hole. Ive only done it once. A 1932 D quarter graded F15 by ANACS. I would do it again also if I needed to fill another slot badly. Have a wonderful day and it was great meeting you.

Welcome to the forum.

Very cool JP. Awsome find. You deserve it brother. Congratulations my good friend !!!!!

Thank you all for the answers. This has been a learning experience for me. Ive been thinking about those coins over a year now. And comparing them and wondering what made the grades so different. Always makes me happy to learn more and I thank all of you for the kknowledge. For now the coins will stay in my registry set. Once its completed ill replace the ones I dont like. I will still keep the others though but not in my set. From here on out Im gonna go after more attractive coins with harder strikes mixed with beauty.

I dont get offended. I agree 100% It only deserves about an MS 62 in my opinion. It has no detail at all. This whole entire thread is proof you cant buy coins just according to their grades. Most of you all know that but could be educational to others. Ive been guilty of it. When I first started collecting slabbed coins. Thats why I own that one. Ive since learned my lesson. Later on I plan on replacing a few I have in my set.

Espically putting a + in front of the grade. Thats even worse

I definately agree with you. It was NGC that graded it. Its nowhere near MS66+ The cert and pics match.

Heres one example. Ill have better pics of it in a day or two when I get time. But its an MS66+ Weak hair ribbon, weak tail feathers, weak leaves, weak detail all over. This one seems a bit over graded. If I were to guess the grade on this and didnt know any better I would guess ms62 or 63.

I got a couple that is overgraded in the collection. You can barely see the leaves and taifeathers. They both are graded MS66. When I get to them in a couple days I will post them on here. Im working on taking a bit better pictures of them all for my registry set. Thank you @zadokfor helping me understand it a little bit better. Im learning a bit more all the time.

Disregard my last post. I posted it before I read this one. That clears things up alot for me. Thank you my friend. I didnt know how they factored it all in.

Thats what im thinking on these. I think the 1932 really deserves a 64 or 65 looking at it in hand under a loupe. Its a really nice coin. Just a bit weak of a strike but Ive got alot weaker MS66s in my collection. I really think the 1944S really deserves a DETAILS grade. I may be out of line saying that but in hand it looks like damage to me. Unless the graders thought it was damage done from the die somehow. Im a complete amature and will admit it. Not real sure to this day how to grade. Ive learned little bits of what they look for but I dont have the knowledge behind it. Theres are just observations of mine Im trying to figure out why it didnt affect the grade.

All those scratches you can see on ERTY is on the coin on the 1944 S. The shading is hiding it but its like that up the whole edge.

It was a really good strike and has lots of detail but I cant believe all that abrasion on the obverse and the mushy LIBERTY didnt keep it from getting a lot lower grade. Also the QUARTER DOLLAR on the reverse. Makes the coin very unattractive. If it werent for that it would be very attractive. Theres a patch of abraison all around the edge of the coin from about 7 oclock to about 1 oclock on the obverse. I bought this coin blindly a good while back before I learned some costly lessons. Just saw ms66 and bought it. I quit doing that now.

I own two coins I want to use in this post both graded by NGC. I dont understand how the 1944 S got a grade of MS66. It looks like it should have a lesser grade. It looks pretty rough around the edges and a few knicks. And this 1932 got a grade of MS63. It is a way more beautiful coin. It has clean fields and hardly any knicks on it. Looking at a comparision of the two side by side its crazy how the grades are so different. Dont really have a question. Just wanted to post and see what opinions others have.

Very cool. Pretty neat to design your own medal.

Very coll stuff. This is the only thing I have that is anything close to a coin club.