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It's hard to see in the picture but it even has the die crack. It's real faint in this picture. Can't get a very good pic of it. You can see it very plainly with a loupe.

Awsome find. You can buy them raw for around $10. Certified ones will bring more but they have to be in very good shape. Hard to find one in circulation that will grade very high. It cost more than it's worth to have graded unless you send in a bulk submission and get a deal. One coin would have to grade ms66 or 67 to bring a premium and it very rare to find one in circulation that good of shape.

Here's a couple screen shots I took off the Variety Plus identifier.

That's what I looked in the census on the NGC site and there has only been 7 of these certified by NGC. This particular variety. This one will make 8 if I get it certified.

I been asking myself that for 20 years. I've tried every way possible to be the best person I can my whole life and seems like nothing goes right. Lol. Feels good to have a good conscience though.

I'm pretty sure he did anyway. He said some things and then was suddenly there no more.

Didn't it go a few years there without a chief engraver?

Noone.

After watching Mr. Lange's very interesting video he was kind enough to share with us I wanted to take a closer look at my 2 cent piece. I narrowed it down to NGC attribution VP 006. The whole date has been repunched. It was pretty cool to see NGC has only graded 7 others like it after checking the census. Don't know about PCGS or other TPGs. But I noticed a rough patch on the reverse that goes through the S on CENTS. The S is also very weak compared to the rest of the devices. Could this be struck through grease or some other foreign material that caused this on the coin? It goes down through the wreath also. To bad this coin wasn't in better condition but I still like it very much. It may not be worth it but I'm thinking about having it certified.

Winner.

This engraver engraved the Sesquicentennial American Independence half dollar for the 150th anniversary of the signing of America's Independence. Who was he?

It is a very cool design. One of my favorites so far.

Nevada got banned. That is a very nice Morgan. Clean looking.

Probably made out of a bronze alloy of some type.

Not yet.

Gonna write a good review about Lem's. Lem's guessed on 2 different coins I shared and nailed them both on the first guess both times.

Thank you. I like it. I may have it authenticated one of these days. If the value on them ever goes up.

Certain coins do have a little R stamped on them or COPY. But there are thousands out there circulating that has nothing on them. Very confusing sometimes if you don't know what to look for. Most were made by counterfeiters trying to pass them off on people as the real thing.

Are those replicas or the real deal?

That was very cool how you used the 1864 2 cent piece in your presentation. I got one of the 1864 varieties that you used for an example. The picture below is my coin. It's got the doubling on the date.

I'm still learning and I may be completely wrong but they look real grainy looking. I think they are replicas. The details are kinda mushy also.

3 cent silver. Longacre.

Braided hair half cent. Christian Gobrecht

Nice one Moxie 15.

That was very helpful to me. Cleared up alot of questions I had in the back of my mind. Thank you for sharing that @DWLange. Has anyone ever sent in a coin that the graders noticed was a special variety and the submitter never chose variety plus? If so what would happen in that case? If it ended up being something rare or special that the submitter didn't know about.