J P M

On 7/31/2021 at 6:49 PM, VKurtB said:

The entire late 1950’s to early 1960’s range is pretty unimpressive. 

Ya Kurt They all look like they were swept up off the floor and put in a bag . and Full steps are so hard to find in the older Nickels here is my MS 66 and it is not quite there

On 7/31/2021 at 6:42 PM, Lem E said:

Here are my examples of 1960 P MS655FS and a 1960 D MS67 for comparison.

Thanks Lem  I had a feeling they were UNC after looking again and your MS coins look the same as the ones I have been looking at in my roll. I did find some with Die chips in the date ? looks kinda cool. I did some searching but have not found any to compare them to yet.

Wow ........Crooked ....... Man people are unscrupulous with no conscience .. I still have this roll of nice shiny Uncirculated nickels as a reminder of how some people care not what they sell. They must be worth $1000 each on the Crooked coin seller site?

I forgot to mention the book was published in 1968 for the price of $15 My daughter paid $2   

Well it is not a reading book it is more like a Redbook with countries of origin , photos of coins with prices of different coin dates. A time in history when you needed a book to keep track of coin values.  LoL   

How long do the rubber bands last ?

Wonderful looking coin looks better than a 61 and a good deal

It's that crazy reflection the lights make it look like monster doubled letters. If you tip the coin on a angle the doubling goes away or if you turn the lights lower it goes away almost every time.

On 7/23/2021 at 10:22 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

JP I can handle the scope shots, example was my 1887 Morgan we discussed, but I have. One year old Nikon D5600 12 megapixel camera and four close up lenses, and can’t seem to get it where I can get the whole coin. Mostly I am using my iPhone SE 5mp phone. Example here. Any suggestions?

Oh ya you got the USB scope covered we never would have found all the marks on the Morgan without it. I have a tendency to not say enough in my wording on comments. Its that fast pace geterdon New England mindset. It gets me in trouble a lot.  I am saying I am no photographer and I can get buy with the USB . Now if you took that shot of that new Quarter with your iPhone I would say that you are doing way better than me and my phone could ever do it looks sweet to me.  

Oldhoopster and Greenstang have been at this coin collecting  a lot longer than me but I have seen something like the ( in god we trust ) as a variety at vista. You may want to look at this . I'm not saying it is the same one but it looks close enough to check it out .Most errors are not worth a lot of money there are so many in Pennies.  

http://www.varietyvista.com/01a LC Doubled Dies Vol 1/1955PDDO002.htm

On 7/17/2021 at 4:52 PM, J P Mashoke said:

We also picked up this old PCGS 1902 it is nothing extra special MS 64 it should be a 65 but we all think that way. LoL  anyway it is the year my wife's Grandmother was born and the year my Grandfather came to the USA and Ellis Island

This is kind of cool. I found that my coin was sold On Heritage Auction not long ago for more than I paid for it. That makes it even more special  well to me anyway.

On 7/24/2021 at 11:21 AM, Greenstang said:

Round Die Chips are not uncommon. They start off as a pin hole in the die and through continuous striking, it slowly enlarges the hole into a round shape.  

I have a stack of new pennies that have a chip on the E of CENT. At first I thought it was crappy zinc bubble but after finding 15 there was no doubt in my mind it was a chip. But my mind is not as chipper as it used to be either.  

Sometimes a piece of a coin gets chipped out and displaced and jammed into another spot. Copper is a soft metal. 

Here are some close up's of a rim cud and some die scratches White background 99% of the time sometimes red works. Lighting and a bit of a angle so the color will be correct. I am no photographer but I can get a pretty good shot with the USB scope a lot of times.

Fill what you can and wait for that VDB it will show up soon enough.

Nice D  

On 7/23/2021 at 8:51 AM, Jason Abshier said:

This price guide was from June 2021 probably out of date already … I don’t collect Morgans anymore I used too , maybe someday I’ll come back start collecting them right now I’m focusing on my German world coins . Prices for world coins are tough not a lot data for world coin pricing the price guides are out of date sometimes , really have haggle around prices on world coins mostly I used auction prices for world coins even then some prices are too high 

A guy I buy  a lot of my Morgan's from asked me yesterday if I was into world silver coins yet and said he had some Reales  he was willing to part with if I wanted. I said no not yet I would not know what to look for, I did not want to say there are many counterfeit ones out there. Not that he would sell me a bad coin but if you don't know what to look for even a experienced dealer can get fooled I am told.

On 7/23/2021 at 8:54 AM, Haskel said:

Shop very much on Ebay? I'm in the buyers market and i keep an eye on graded coins and the prices. Anacs holders don't fetch any type of premium at all on the market. If anything anacs coins are over all cheaper on Ebay than ngc or pcgs. I have examined many anacs coins on ebay and truthfully im not impressed 

Thanks Haskel ...  I am no fan of E-Bay or ESTY I like to look at there prices for a reference purpose  and for a good laugh a sometimes   I will only buy from a few on-line dealers I have some local coin and antique  dealers in my area that I check out all the time and some dealers in TN and SC.

LoL it better be  I like the online version it is updated daily and makes my coin look like it is worth more ...up to $150 today and that is without the VAM 37A it has   I think the fat rattler slab is worth more.

On 7/23/2021 at 8:04 AM, Jason Abshier said:

@J P Mashoke a guy I work with is a PCGS member he gets monthly PCGS price guide your 1884-O is in the price guide MS64 $80 

On 7/23/2021 at 5:43 AM, Jason Abshier said:

Although a lot people bash ANACS but for newer collectors joint the hobby.  when you look back in history of TPG , I’d say ANACS is the granddaddy of them all they pioneered the way to what TPG grading really is. although a lot dealers and collectors say PCGS was first true TPG Service maybe so on market grading with a fancy slab at that time then along came NGC but too much credit was given there (they just didn’t get that idea out of the blue unless it wasn’t for ANACS at that time) 

I look for the old ANACS and fat rattlers all the time around here they are hard to find. I think they got found out a long time ago and are mostly re-graded in my neck of the woods

I don't see to much other than a lot of corrosion on these cent's . Sorry to say they are not worth a lot more than what you see 

It could have been in a roll of quarters that may have been in a fire there may be a impression of E Pluribus Unum behind Georges wig ? or the eagle tail feathers  it may just be a shadow . It is kinda crispy looking But I don't think their is a error PMD I would guess.