TheColoradoNumismatist

Firstly, welcome to the Forums! I see you're pretty new. Great catch on the coin, but as Kailee mentioned, I agree that the coin was probably reholdered.

As for your question, the cost to reholder will be $12 per coin plus return shipping, insurance and handling as long as the coins are valued $10,000 or less per coin. NGC customers may submit coins already certified by NGC for reholdering to request a different NGC label. The fee for reholdering single coins with a different NGC certification label is $13 per coin. 

Hope this helps!

~Happy Hunting!

TheColoradoNumismatist

On 12/1/2023 at 8:58 AM, robec1347 said:

I love this coin so much. It reminds me of looking up into the sky, and a sea of stars. The reverse a subtle sunrise or sunset, so a little poem created for this coin.

"A beautiful day, a starry night,
Nature's canvas, a wondrous sight.
The sun's warm rays, the moon's soft glow,
A perfect blend, a heavenly show."

~ TheColoradoNumismatist

Hey everyone!

So, I have a local Indoor Flea Market that's right down the block from me. I'm really cool with the owners and a guy who works there and also owns a booth there. They have tons of vendors. One of the booths is a coin, note and bullion booth. So, I'm not too familiar with 3c pieces but they have a 2-coin set, nothing particular just two random coins. But here is the thing, I did not have my phone with me to check prices so I wrote down the years, couldn't see mints but one of the coins is an 1853 Silver 3c piece type 1 small star. That coin is worth a pretty decent amount even in low grades. I can't give an estimate on a grade the lighting was poor I'm going to go back tomorrow to try and do that. Now the second one was the Copper-Nickel 1867 3c piece. Not terrible condition for either of the coins. But I don't think it really matters the condition of the coins because they're letting the two go for 54.00 USD. I would be dumb not to go grab those tomorrow, right?

~ Happy Hunting

TheColoradoNumismatist 

P.S. I will be adding pictures of the coin's tomorrow, given I have permission.

Hey there!

So, one of my topics was tagged in this thread. But I think before we or I can even start making recommendations, what is it you're actually trying to achieve? 

Once I know what that is I can make a few recommendations.

So let us know! Look forward to hearing from you soon! 

Happy Hunting ~ TheColoradoNumismatist

Here you go this is what I could find for you on the NGC FAQ's:

NGC has a wide variety of labels available to all submitters. Some special labels are used automatically for certain coins for no additional fee, while others must be requested (and may require an additional fee). Visit the NGC Labels resource and look for labels that are marked "Available for All Submitters."

Elite NGC Collector members and NGC Authorized Dealers have access to additional labels for bulk submissions. These labels are marked "Available for Bulk Submissions" in the NGC Labels resource.

Other NGC labels may only be available from select retailers. These labels are marked "Available from Select Retailers," "Available from [Name of Dealer]" or are not listed on the NGC Labels resource.

Hope this help's in some way!

Happy Hunting ~ TheColoradoNumismatist

On 8/31/2023 at 11:45 AM, ldhair said:

I really LOVE this presentation of this coin. I'm not sure if you were one of the members that replied on my post I created about Coin Photography, but I'm new to it, and would really love to know more about this coin. More so the picture and not the actual coin, what editing software was used, things of that nature if you would happen to know that information?

Thanks Again,

Happy Hunting ~ TheColoradoNumismatist

On 9/7/2023 at 9:26 AM, VKurtB said:

As one who disagrees with @RWB on a good many things, his approach of lighting coins as if they were portraits is brilliantly stated.

Also, get familiar with using manual exposure modes on that Canon.

Thank you for the advice! I thought the kit was pretty decent myself hence the purchase! Since this post has been made, I have watched a lot of YouTube videos on how to use Manual Mode on a camera. There is a lot to learn! Especially because there's a lot of factors that have different side affects but can be used to achieve the same results for example, 80% of the different variables that you can mess with in Manual Mode; shutter speed, ISO, etc. directly affect the brightness of the photo. But if you use too much of this or that you get this! So it's going to take a lot of tinkering around and just bringing the Camera with me to places I go and get familiarized with a certain setting and be like, well I know for this specific setting (Sunny, bright, landscape, etc.) I like to use these settings. 

On 9/7/2023 at 8:58 AM, Coinbuf said:

LINK

You can see examples of Mark's excellent work by clicking on the set links in my sig line, all those photos were done by Mark.   I'll include one in this post as well, this is what you want to emulate with your own photos.

Thank you for your advice too! The LINK provided was a lovely article that I will need to read multiple times and go back and use as a reference so it's earned a spot in my Bookmarks!

On 9/7/2023 at 9:22 AM, ldhair said:

a nice macro lens and practice, actually lots of practice, made me happy with my images. 

I couldn't agree more! I can read article after article and not learn NEAR as much as actually that HANDS ON approach!

On 9/7/2023 at 2:45 PM, powermad5000 said:

If you are trying to teach a child basic addition and subtraction, you don't go out and get them a calculus book.

I understood this very well as I am a father of a set of two year old twins, a four year old, and a six year old... ALL boys too! We just hit the homework stage with our oldest and this statement just hit me right where I could understand.

Thank you ALL! And as always...

Happy Hunting! ~ TheColoradoNumismatist

~Coin Photography~

So I have recently purchased a Canon Rebel T7 18-55MM Kit. This came with all the bell's and whistles. Here's what we got.

• Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR Camera
• EF-S 18-55 IS II Lens
• Canon Brand Camera Battery & Charger
• Shoulder Strap

TeeZee Tech Kit:

• 58mm Professional 4 PC HD Macro Close-Up Lenses +1/+2/+4/+10
• 58mm 0.43x HD Professional Wide Angle Lens with Macro
• 58mm Pro Series 2.2x HD Telephoto Lens
• Pro Series HS 3Pc. Digital Filter Set: Ultraviolet Filter, Circular Polarizer Filter, Fluorescent Filter
• Really Nice Shoulder Camera and Lens Case
• Rapid Travel Charger
• Replacement Camera Battery
• 2, 64Gb Memory Cards
• 2.0 USB Card Reader
• Tripod
• Screen Protectors
• Table Tripod mount
• A Few Other Thing's As Well

So yeah, we got quite a lot of stuff that came with our camera. Now, the only really camera that I've had before this was just all my different cell phones over the years  which right now is the iPhone 13 Pro. So don't get me wrong my iPhone takes great photos.. But I just wanted something more. I looked on Facebook market places for people letting go of cameras for cheap and then took to the internet and through some basic searches for beginner DSLR's came across the Canon EOS Rebel lineup. So next we went to the Wal-Mart website, mainly because of the Affirm financing option, and we came across this set. So this is what we decided to buy. I've had this camera for 1 full day now so not long at all and let me tell you, this camera is FAR more advanced than your normal point and press cameras or cell phone cameras! So there's been a lot of YouTube watching on familiarizing myself with this camera and all the settings and how the manual modes work. I'm not just trying to use this camera to snap pretty photos of coins of course so that's why this camera is good for all thing's. But what I would like to know is:

1. Who's taking photos of their coins?
2.  What setup are you using? (Camera, Lens, light box?)
3. What settings are you using?
4. Can you help me? Haha!

So yeah, here I am, Nice camera and a VERY basic knowledge on the camera itself. So Photographers! Please use this new post as a thread to help out new photographers and on how we can take the best photos, without giving away too many trade secrets! Thanks in advance everyone, look forward to talking to you all very soon! 

Happy Hunting ~ TheColoradoNumismatist

On 8/28/2023 at 5:36 AM, Stockwiz78 said:

Bottom coin is my 3.11 sd

Sorry those are both Large Dates @Stockwiz78 I took the time out of my day, and took pictures of an 1982 Lincoln Cent Set that I have that shows all SEVEN different varieties of that coin. But here's two pictures to help show you what you have. Hope this clears it up for you.

The close up pictures, the one with the Dot to the right of the "D" Denver Mint Mark is the Small Date.

Happy Hunting ~ TheColoradoNumismatist

Thanks everyone for the words of advice and what ever else some have given..

Next update from me will be either a reply from James Wiles saying send 'er in bud or save your money, either way it'll be an update! 

On 8/25/2023 at 12:42 PM, Coinbuf said:

There is a very big difference between your coin (which I believe is only MD) and the photo you pulled of the WDDO-003, yours is clearly shelflike and not at all like a true doubled die.    Doubled die coins are not decided by the "spread" of the doubling but rather by what caused the doubling.   However, from your posts you seem to have convinced yourself completely that you are correct so having an internet fight over this will not be of any further value, I suggest that you send it off to be evaluated by the people that can make the call as they will have the coin in hand to evaluate.   As I said I think you will get the coin back with an MD determination, but I have been wrong and could be again.

Please update this thread when you get your results so that we all can learn from this experience.

Some assumption you've made there from reading one post from me. Not sure also why you're bringing up an internet fight. I don't know you nor am I trying to have a fight with you or anyone else. It was simply asking a question and mentioned coins referenced for comparison. So not sure why there's a need to be so defensive! But thanks for the advice Coinbuf. We will see what James Wiles says. 

Updates coming soon!

Let me rephrase, "I'm not just a newbie" because I am a newbie in the grand scheme of things in comparison of knowledge in coins known vs. what I do not know haha!.

But I know the difference from PMD and other things. So we are about Mid Tier! 

On 8/25/2023 at 8:08 AM, Greenstang said:

If you can’t see it at 5X, then it is irrelevant anyways as it would not be recognized by the leading TPG’s.

Then what about WDDO-003, 004, 006, 007, 010, 013 and WDDO-018? Some of those have far less of a spread than what is seen here. I'm not just a newbie with the normal every scrape and ding and bang asking if this is a error. The only reason why I'd suggest it is because of how small and minimal the other Doubled Die Varieties are.

Here's a better picture for everyone to see that even shows more.

I know MD, SD and DDD but in comparison to the other Die Varieties this is Spot on with the others.

First picture shown with the Red Outline is mine, then the Second photo is WDDO-003.

Hey there everyone!

So I had a roll of 2005-P Bison Jefferson Nickels straight from the Mint in OMR and my 2 year old twins were curious and decided to open it. So I was of course pretty upset because I did not want to open them. Well they made the decision for me. So last night we scoped the whole roll looking for Speared Bison's, Detached Legs and things of that nature. Well upon further inspection we found these and I could not find anything online about them. I was using Brian's Varieties to looks at all of the Jefferson 2005-P Nickel DDO's and this was not on there. So we went and did some more research online looking for something similar. With no luck anywhere even in forums and other Numismatic Groups so here we are asking you all for your opinions before I send it into VV for attribution. So looking at the other one's on Brian's Varieties, unless its the "Best of Variety" There's really not that much of a spread on any of the DDO's listed. I didn't even notice the possible doubling first of course what I noticed was the large die chip on the reverse on the "S" in "States". Then after finding the 2nd one I noticed a TINY spread in the letter "Y" in Liberty on the Obverse of the coin. So after finding that spread we went back to the first coin to find that same spread in the same location. We ended up finding a 3rd one before we finished going through the whole roll. Again looking at the Obverse side first I seen the spread in the "Y" and said to my followers, "I bet you this one has the same filled in "S" on the reverse as the others!" Sure enough after flipping the coin the filled in "S" was there. So I'm not sure if this is a new variety of DDO or not. Like I previously mentioned before the spread on some of the DDO's are VERY TINY so it makes it very plausible being a new variety I would think. But ultimately, that's why I'm here asking you all what you think. All comments and advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!