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Just curious, what does it weigh? 

On 4/19/2022 at 9:32 PM, The Neophyte Numismatist said:

This one doesn't have the "looped" R (not all did).  The marker on this (besides the missing Mint Mark) is the little "flair" that comes off the corner of Monticello.

Thats cool. Haven't dove into Hennings. I have my hands full with the regular nickels. Cool piece though.

On 4/19/2022 at 8:02 PM, The Neophyte Numismatist said:

No sir.  This is a Francis Henning Special. Had he known as much about nickels as you, he would have never had gotten "pinched"

I looked for the void in the R and didn’t think I saw it. Pareidolia on my part with the S. I’m not quite up to speed on my Henning nickels. Is the R marker there?

Very nice. Is that an “S” I am seeing?

On 4/19/2022 at 1:47 PM, VKurtB said:

This is a topic that comes up EXTREMELY often at ANA shows and committee meetings. “How can we get the online crowd?” I keep telling them “You can’t, and it’s silly to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to.” Trust me, they simply don’t get it! They figure, “We’ve got hundreds of dealers here, where are the collectors?”

What do I need to tell them?

It’s not that I don’t want to go to shows. I just really haven’t had the time to go to any. Over the past 2 years I have averaged 70 to 75 hrs a week at work and all of it has been mandatory OT. Hell I barely have time to mow the yard much less do any traveling, not to mention that it kicked me up a tax bracket. (Hope you enjoy my money IRS.) I do want to hit a big show at some point though. Maybe Florida FUN in January. It has to be nicer than Illinois weather down there. St. Louis area would be a feasible trip for me. Any good shows in that area? It’s closer to me than Chicago.

That’s the thing about this coin. It looks much better in the seller pics than it does in hand. The first pics are more accurate. I wasn’t expecting vivid rainbow colors or anything, but thought there would be subtle hints of pink on the reverse and the luster isn’t quite as good. It does have pretty clean surfaces. I have had this coin for a while. Just got the pics back from Joe a few weeks ago. It is a nice coin overall but sometimes pics can fool you. @Hoghead515 your prize is that warm fuzzy feeling of being right.  Thanks all.

On 4/18/2022 at 5:29 PM, tj96 said:

Maybe an Improper Alloy Mix issue?

I wondered about this when I first saw it.

Very nice Mr.Bill. Same packaging as last year. I’m still waiting on mine. They sent me a shipping notice on the 14th, but the tracking info says USPS still waiting to get the package. 

I agree. Leave the coin as is. It has some very nice even toning. I like the look of this coin.

I’ll let it go a little longer and reveal later this evening. Thanks for everyone’s participation.

On 4/17/2022 at 7:52 PM, Walkerfan said:

I didn't even read the OP's comments, until just now.  

Is it the small spot on the obverse?

As long as the coin is stable; I think that is trivial.  

No, the spot doesn’t really bother me. The seller pics fooled me into thinking it had some color to it. Most of the time the color is hidden in pics and the coin is usually better in hand. Not the case with this one. Complete opposite.

The last two books I bought were both on large cents. The first was by Newcomb and the other was by Grellman. They are both similar in content dealing with variety attribution. I feel like Grellmans book is a little more user friendly, and then I use Newcombs book to help verify. I have only used it to attribute one coin so far with my large cent collection sitting at a whopping 2 coins. (One was already attributed, but I did verify with the books.) I do hope to grow my large cent collection in the future.

Welcome back brother.

Looks like a cleaned counterfeit.

When you go to the main page ranking all of the sets of a particular coin (Morgans in your case) it will have the amount of slots the set has at the top.

On 4/7/2022 at 5:07 PM, VKurtB said:

That is SOOOOOO AMAZING!

In all seriousness, my proof set is on the way. I buy one on subscription to break up and put the coins in my Dansco albums. I’ll be looking over the quarters for design choices. 

I knew someone would appreciate my mundane observations. 

I just got my first one in change a few days ago. Just now realized that the 2s are a little different from last year.

On 4/2/2022 at 7:20 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

So these are real genuine coins? Same weight and silver content? I’ve never been to a coin show, so not familiar with these at all.

It is a real coin. Mine is kind of beat up. I believe this show was canceled due to covid. I bought it from ebay for $10.