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On 3/30/2024 at 6:59 AM, Greenstang said:

Would really need to have the size. It looks like a blank of some sort.

It could be a knockout from a metal electrical box,

The 58 is just damage but it is a large star. 57 + 58  have a large star near the date

On 3/29/2024 at 10:44 AM, VKurtB said:

The OP must not ever get to the east coast, I’m thinking. There, finding cents WITH a mint mark is unusual. 

That is a big 10-4

Yes we have many 1982 D large date coins like yours here. The Small date is the one you will not find here.

On 3/28/2024 at 5:33 PM, maccullen said:

Thank you all for your quick and somewhat knowledgeable responses. I am new to possessing graded coins and I just wanted to have a better understanding about how it is done. I couldn't imagine that it is such a subjective and secretive process with no opportunity to review the grading criteria, question the results or submit a rebuttal. Its just my nature that when I pay for something I like to understand and get a full explanation of what I paid for. Stupid me!

After spending some time looking at coins and feeding your brain with information you may be able to grade your own coins and save a buck.

On 3/28/2024 at 1:04 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

I get a notice from the ANA when the auctions are live and they have them starting the third Thursday of every month on ebay, I think the bidding is open for seven days. The lots can be pretty underwhelming a lot of the time but this time they had some more interesting things, well, to me anyway. Also, if you're the winning bidder and are a member of the ANA you receive a 20% discount on the winning bid if remember correctly, and they combine shipping.

https://www.money.org/museum-auction/

https://www.ebay.com/str/moneymuseumdeaccessionauctions

I did see that advertisement but did not find anything for my budget.

That was a quick fix,   Thank you Ali.

Well, it did not take long before Ali sent me an e-mail. That was quick, they are working on the issue.

On 3/27/2024 at 9:34 PM, Sandon said:

   When the registry has placed a coin in the wrong slot, open the page for the individual coin, click the link in blue that says, "Wrong Coin/Grade?", and follow the steps until you have indicated the correct slot for the coin.  This should enable the NGC staff to correct the problem.

Yes, I did try that Sandon, All the coins are correct just they are proofs and in the wrong slots, it does not give the option of move them that I can see. I tried to remove them, but it wants me to mark it as sold in my collection manager which I do not want to do. I will have to jump over to that site and see if there is an option.

On 3/27/2024 at 8:41 PM, Lem E said:

That is awesome brother. Congrats. I see that the 2024 slot is being filled with the 2022. I saw that on other sets as well. Must be a glitch. 

Yes, the last four coins are in the wrong slots, and they are proofs so maybe that is what is messing with it? I posted the issue on the NGC registry forum.  

Hello, I just created a new set for my 38 to Date nickels. The last four coins in the set are not in their correct slots. I am not sure why this happened, it may be because they are proofs. I tried to remove them, but it wanted me to mark the coins as sold which I do not want to do. I wanted you to be aware of the issue. Thanks JP.

 Set Details | NGC Registry | NGC (ngccoin.com)

PMD a strike through will not dent the surface on the opposite side of the coin

On 3/27/2024 at 1:15 AM, Mustacheman said:

After having a little more of my own investigation, I noticed that there is but just a couple of die malformations with both the Indian Head and the Buffalo. Coins in this time apparently could only be struck so well and it causes there to be mere images of what should actually appear on a Buffalo Nickel. So I wanna say now it might be an MS 67. Maybe. What do you think?

I am no nickel expert. I can say that your coin is nice but looks more like EF to AU than MS.

On 3/25/2024 at 8:47 PM, VKurtB said:

There too, huh?

It's everywhere, I like helping the new members but there being told junk by the internet. Finding truth on the internet is almost as bad as in politics.

Ok Green2 Here is what you are looking for. See if yours is a match.

 1957-D RPM-002 (varietyvista.com)

It looks like environmental damage has tarnished the copper. If you look at copper lanterns and roofs, they all turn that color after a while. 

On 3/22/2024 at 12:55 PM, Stan Gioia said:

Hi

Found a 1982D small date bronze but it only weights 2.82 grams. It is environmentally damaged which may account for the weight loss. I submitted it to PCSG and they said it was zinc. I am fighting with them but am getting nowhere. I believe the photos prove it is bronze. I removed some of the environmental damage on its rim and did the same to a zinc as shown in the attached photo. Thanks for taking a look.

 

                                                                                

You found one of the rarest coins in the US and scratched off the edge to prove it was a copper 1982 D .  Why would you do that. You could have sent it into NGC. Now it is a damaged 1982 D. I can say from the TRUEVIEW photos it looks like a zinc to me. PCGS Certificate Verification Coin Details for Cert #48855382

Hello Josh, I agree with the others it is not a DD and although repunched mint marks are recorded up to 1989 your coin is not on the list and looks like MD to me. 

On 3/6/2024 at 9:54 PM, Sandon said:

    Back when I attended college in Washington, D.C. in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I would go to the gift shop that the U.S. Mint (then the Bureau of the Mint) operated in the Treasury Building. The items offered for sale included these presumably leftover souvenir sets that had been assembled for the 1978 and 1979 ANA conventions. (As I recall, there was only a summer convention in those days.)  Although the items included in these sets are of no great value, the sets themselves are interesting mementos. I don't know how many were assembled and, while they might be found in dealers' "junk boxes", I don't remember seeing them in recent years.

   The 1978 set, created for the 1978 convention in Houston, Texas, included a then new 1978-D Eisenhower dollar and a small bronze Lyndon B. Johnson medal, along with a card explaining that Eisenhower and Johnson were "Our Two Texas-Born Presidents".

    The 1979 set, commemorating the 1979 convention held in St. Louis, Missouri, included a 1978 Eisenhower dollar and a 1979-P Susan B. Anthony dollar (common narrow rim variety), plus a card entitled "The Old Gives Way to the New" with biographical information about Eisenhower and Anthony and information about the coins.  

   

      I don't know whether the Mint created souvenir sets like these for other ANA conventions, but it is likely that such sets exist. If you have any, please feel free to post them here.

I will have to keep an eye out for these in my travels. 

On 3/22/2024 at 11:05 AM, JennyleeB said:

Thank you everyone for your comments. It's been very insightful. I do not know anything about coins and I will not pretend to know. This coin has been in my husband's family for generations. It was passed down to him when his mother passed away. They all lived in Massachusetts.  There is patina on it, so maybe that the appearance of looking old. It does have lead in it as I recently had it tested and was told by a local coin dealer it was real. We just became skeptical after doing some research on the coin itself and wanted to know more. So again, thank you everyone.

If you look at the coin I posted it says COPY. These coins have been copied for many years and the originals were made from pewter. We have not seen the coin in hand, but the photo looks more like my fake than the real deal. 

 1776 $1 Continental Currency Pewter (Regular Strike) Proposed National Issues - PCGS CoinFacts

Welcome Mustacheman..The coin you are trying to find is one of the rarest of the WAM + CAM cents the other is the 1999 wam. The members here have seen many posts on these coins from new members and are only trying to help. Almost everyone starts out looking to find error coins and it is no easy task. I roll hunt all the time and I can say in 60 years I have never found a coin in pocket change worth any more than a few bucks. I still look for nice BU coins for my coin folders and sometimes I get lucky but never rich. Here are two WAM coins the easier ones to find. Ya right   

Most of the time the modern coins are not worth the cost of grading unless the coin is worth $150 or more. I would just get a aftermarket plastic holder to keep it in.