JKK

I used to live in Kennewick, Washington. Outside the NW it is not generally understood that only the western sides of OR and WA get a lot of rain. Both have mountain ranges dividing dry side from wet side, and Kennewick is one of the Tri-Cities (naturally often called the Dry Cities, or worse) along with Richland and Pasco, three hours and one major mountain pass from Seattle. In Kennewick, the wind blows pretty much all the time and the dominant terrain is sagebrush and sand. The wind often picks up enough of the finer dust to create dust storms; in fact, near Hermiston, OR there are signs warning of the potential for low visibility due to blowing dust.
The sagebrush (Russian thistle; invasive) breaks off when it dies as a big spiny tumbleweed ball about the size of a really big charcoal grill, and they pile up on the fences to the point where they provide a ramp for more tumbleweeds to roll over them. At Hanford, where the primary activity is not cleaning up the nuclear waste (blaming unions and DEA, never themselves) so that their children can get overpaid jobs not cleaning it up which will help their kids in turn have overpaid jobs not cleaning it up, there used to be a crew that drove around the fence lines (it's almost 600 square miles) doing nothing but safely burning tumbleweeds. As you might imagine, "safely" is the key word because in a place that only gets about 8" of rain a year (compare this to about 110" out in Forks, Twilight show country near the coast, and Aberdeen, Nirvana country on Grays Harbor), they fear fire like people on wooden ships or in lumber mills. Normal summers are about 100 F highs, spiking over 112 rarely.
What's really fun is when it's that hot, the wind kicks up and creates a dust storm, and you're catching nine innings. Like living in a hair dryer full of desert camo baby powder. Doesn't snow much or ice much because not enough moisture most of the time to begin building up on surfaces. And yet the Columbia, which is about half a mile wide, rolls right through with so much water SoCal was begging for some of it years back. Probably will again. (Good luck getting that across Oregon, heh.)

We've seen worse photos by far, though cropping would help the cause. Nice coin, looks natural to me. (I don't know caca about registries or Morgan varieties, but I at least wanted to tell you I liked the piece.)

I used to live in Kennewick, Washington. Outside the NW it is not generally understood that only the western sides of OR and WA get a lot of rain. Both have mountain ranges dividing dry side from wet side, and Kennewick is one of the Tri-Cities (naturally often called the Dry Cities, or worse) along with Richland and Pasco, three hours and one major mountain pass from Seattle. In Kennewick, the wind blows pretty much all the time and the dominant terrain is sagebrush and sand. The wind often picks up enough of the finer dust to create dust storms; in fact, near Hermiston, OR there are signs warning of the potential for low visibility due to blowing dust.
The sagebrush (Russian thistle; invasive) breaks off when it dies as a big spiny tumbleweed ball about the size of a really big charcoal grill, and they pile up on the fences to the point where they provide a ramp for more tumbleweeds to roll over them. At Hanford, where the primary activity is not cleaning up the nuclear waste (blaming unions and DEA, never themselves) so that their children can get overpaid jobs not cleaning it up which will help their kids in turn have overpaid jobs not cleaning it up, there used to be a crew that drove around the fence lines (it's almost 600 square miles) doing nothing but safely burning tumbleweeds. As you might imagine, "safely" is the key word because in a place that only gets about 8" of rain a year (compare this to about 110" out in Forks, Twilight show country near the coast, and Aberdeen, Nirvana country on Grays Harbor), they fear fire like people on wooden ships or in lumber mills. Normal summers are about 100 F highs, spiking over 112 rarely.
What's really fun is when it's that hot, the wind kicks up and creates a dust storm, and you're catching nine innings. Like living in a hair dryer full of desert camo baby powder. Doesn't snow much or ice much because not enough moisture most of the time to begin building up on surfaces. And yet the Columbia, which is about half a mile wide, rolls right through with so much water SoCal was begging for some of it years back. Probably will again. (Good luck getting that across Oregon, heh.)

I don't think that holder adds any value. It might be old enough to deteriorate and harm the coin. However, I also see zero reason to send it in for grading. For the cost of grading, you could buy a much nicer version of the same coin. Given the choice between a piece of new plastic and a nice coin for the same price, I generally go with the coin because the hobby is not plastic collecting (plasmatics?).

I don't think that holder adds any value. It might be old enough to deteriorate and harm the coin. However, I also see zero reason to send it in for grading. For the cost of grading, you could buy a much nicer version of the same coin. Given the choice between a piece of new plastic and a nice coin for the same price, I generally go with the coin because the hobby is not plastic collecting (plasmatics?).

I don't think that holder adds any value. It might be old enough to deteriorate and harm the coin. However, I also see zero reason to send it in for grading. For the cost of grading, you could buy a much nicer version of the same coin. Given the choice between a piece of new plastic and a nice coin for the same price, I generally go with the coin because the hobby is not plastic collecting (plasmatics?).

I don't think that holder adds any value. It might be old enough to deteriorate and harm the coin. However, I also see zero reason to send it in for grading. For the cost of grading, you could buy a much nicer version of the same coin. Given the choice between a piece of new plastic and a nice coin for the same price, I generally go with the coin because the hobby is not plastic collecting (plasmatics?).

.............hopefully!     You guys may have seen these free library book boxes along the side of the road.  I picked up this Whitman album from the free table at a local coin club.   I added a few cents and put it in one of these boxes the other day.  In the hopes, some kid finds it and spark his or her interest.   

Not likely. That more or less describes me--usually even wearing a feed store hat--and I never get a second look. At least around here. Of course, at our local show, I'm part of the team setting it up--but if my appearance was an issue, one presumes our club wouldn't have me at the front desk.

I've respected Maya Angelo ever since she did the Sistine Chapel.

I've respected Maya Angelo ever since she did the Sistine Chapel.

Oh my doodness, the ‘U’ in Angelou has a serif on it and the ones in ‘UNUM’ do not!!! What kind of mint error do I have??? /sarcasm. 

It does look to me like obverse die #4. However, with these it's worth blowing the mint mark waaaay up. Kurt brings up a valid concern and it takes a pretty deep zoom to spot a glued-on S.

It does look to me like obverse die #4. However, with these it's worth blowing the mint mark waaaay up. Kurt brings up a valid concern and it takes a pretty deep zoom to spot a glued-on S.

It's a parking lot coin. That is consistent with post-mint damage from people walking on it while carrying their bags of Ho Hos and artisanal hummus to their Honda Accords in the parking lot of the Super Mega Serial Price Slasher Grocery Store. It is not special.

It's a parking lot coin. That is consistent with post-mint damage from people walking on it while carrying their bags of Ho Hos and artisanal hummus to their Honda Accords in the parking lot of the Super Mega Serial Price Slasher Grocery Store. It is not special.

Look only at sold listings. A coin is worth only what someone has proven they will pay for it.

Look only at sold listings. A coin is worth only what someone has proven they will pay for it.

Look only at sold listings. A coin is worth only what someone has proven they will pay for it.

Look only at sold listings. A coin is worth only what someone has proven they will pay for it.

Definitely send it in.

By the way, there are ancient commemoratives of a sort, from the Constantinian era. The bronzes are very common and not tremendously fascinating to me, as much as anything because Constantine and Constantius are this ocean of different types and one sees them so often one fatigues of them.

You either like them or you don't. I don't, at all, but a lot of people do. If you like them, watch closely on value and do your research because many of the sellers overprice them. This is because they hope for impulse sales to people who have no idea what it's really worth.

You either like them or you don't. I don't, at all, but a lot of people do. If you like them, watch closely on value and do your research because many of the sellers overprice them. This is because they hope for impulse sales to people who have no idea what it's really worth.

You either like them or you don't. I don't, at all, but a lot of people do. If you like them, watch closely on value and do your research because many of the sellers overprice them. This is because they hope for impulse sales to people who have no idea what it's really worth.