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I see a little bit of something where a mintmark would be. Maybe

Yea I’m working as usual. Not sure what blob you are referring to. Looks like a 28 to me.

Also a tasty chicken dish.

No it is a silver proof.

Some more nice adds to the set JP. Seems like I have seen more heavily toned 46 nickels from all 3 mints than any others. Not quite sure why that is. Don’t know if it is from returning to the original composition and it was a little off or what. Just an observation from searching Jeffs over the years. Anyway, congrats on the newps.

I don’t CRH so my contributions to the thread may be light. Everything would be from change. I did get this last week. A true nothingburger here and according to CJox math, only 96 years old.

San Fran

Here is a good article on reprocessed steel cents. https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/counterfeit-detection-special-edition-reprocessed-steel-cents/

We try not to reveal details to counterfeiters. I do recommend going over to PCGS COIN FACTS and looking at genuine examples and compare them to this one.

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Nice looking piece.

I think it has a pretty decent shot at 5FS. Can we see the whole coin?

I got mine yesterday and I found no problems, but those little dimples in the plastic capsules made it look like the coins were damaged. I realized they were not and went about my day.

I found it in the water cooler section. You are a little late to that party.

This one worked hard for a living. Dated 1800.

I don’t buy slabbed anymore, but I do still get the proofs and the uncirculated from the mint each year through enrollment.

Yes the Burnished(Red book) and Uncirculated(Mint) are the same thing when it comes to the ASE. They are the coins that resemble the standard bullion but they have a mint mark. If you are looking at the red book the standard bullion coins have the mint in parentheses (W)(S) as they also do on slab descriptions. The burnished will not. In reality, there are usually only 2 proofs and the Uncirculated/burnished coins and the occasional reverse proof or special finish yearly from the mint. Then there are the standard bullion coins that are really not meant to be a collectable but are still included in many complete collections. If you are doing registry sets then you really end up collecting labels as opposed to coins. They consider these different labels as “variants” yet they are the same coins over and over. You can really start going down the rabbit hole with these as you are paying premiums for the paper and not the coin. I collected slabbed ASEs for a while when I first started collecting coins. I got sucked into the label game and finally realized I was buying the same coins and paying for different labels. The ASE is a beautiful coin and a lot of people collect them. You can make collecting ASEs as easy or as complicated as you like. It all depends on what you would truly consider a full set.

You may or may not already know this but the FS designation is only given to business strike coins. Proof coins will not receive the designation.

Nice on JP. There is a special finish 1997 too.

I’d say that says VG as in very good, and $2.50 is the value that has been noted on the flip. This is just the assessment that someone has put on these coins. Doesn’t mean it is necessarily accurate, but I would say that value is in the ballpark in this condition.

Your set is progressing nicely my friend and you are moving up the ranks in a very competitive and large series. Not an easy task by any means. I think it’s fun to watch the sets evolve over time as we become more seasoned collectors. It is very satisfying to upgrade a coin and even better when we can get ahold of one of those tough dates and keys. It is easy to fill slots in the beginning of any set and sometimes we get ahead of ourselves trying to fill holes. I did it, and there are plenty of other collectors that have as well. I consider that a learning experience and even those beginner coins teach us something. Teaches us to become more discerning and that’s when the collection starts to evolve. Your set is something to be proud of. Keep hammering my brother.