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Coincents, call heritage today, or better yet Email them with a link to this thread, or both. They will do ALL the work for you. They will evaluate it in hand and they will get it slabbed and then evaluated for a cac sticker. They will do it all. Mikes name carries a lot of weight and even though he hasn't seen this coin in person they will want you to send it to them on his photo evaluation alone so they can confirm then you just sit back and watch the magic (if they do agree with Mike once their experts see it in hand that is) as it will be placed in an upcoming auction with your approval.
Your out of pocket expense should only be about $30 to ship it to them securely with REGISTERED mail
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12/18/2015 10:10 am
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I'm pretty convinced too now. $30 is nothing compared to what should be the value of this coin assuming everything comes back legit. These DO NOT pop up often, it's rare enough just to find a picture of one (Thanks Mike).
Hard to believe it's spent 90 years in circulation, and it has been circulating not just in someone's coin jar for years, and no one has snagged it. Cool find, keep us updated on what you do with it :D
Coop: If you're following this thread, these would make some nice images for your teaching slides
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Coincents-speaking of that you never did mention how you came in possession of this unless I missed it? Curious.
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It would be awesome to see this in the Heritage long beach auction in early February. If you go that route and very soon that will probably be the auction they put it in I would think I believe the consignment cutoff is new year for that one but I'm not sure
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My husband has been a coin and paper money collector since he was kid. He has had some wonderful pieces over the years. We got a bag of 5000 "Unsearched" wheat cents about 6 or 7 years ago (mostly likely were it came from) but we have added to that throughout the years. I didn't start doing anything with the wheat cents until a couple of months ago. They have just been sitting here. Who knew  . |
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Congratulations on your find. I am writing Santa after this post and asking for one for Christmas.
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Thanks and I hope Santa answers your letter.
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Hi All, Do you folks have any idea of what this 1925s wheaty would sell for at auction or sale? I'm not sure what to do with it. I've been told by a few of you great friends to send it to Heritage. You think that's where I'd get the most for it? Also, is there a good way to build interest in the coin being it's such a very rare occurrence? As always, I appreciate your help & advice!! Thanks  |
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Yes, heritage has BIG money buyers that would DROOL over this. There are even private buyers for billionaires. Heritage will do all the work for you too in getting it slabbed and authenticated for free. And even after its authenticated they will let you not consign it of you wish. They just want at least the opportunity to sell it. Drop them an email and go from there. This coin needs to be properly slabbed and authenticated or its looked at with great suspicion as you can see with this thread. Let us know what they say after you get a hold of them and show them this thread. Heritage is the ebay of the finest caliber coins in terms of audience |
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If it was mine, Heritage would be the ONLY consideration as a place to sell it.
As to what it would bring if it all works out is anyone's GUESS.
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CoinCents: What happened with this one? I have to bring it back up since I think you have something here. Mike Diamond posted on this one agreeing with large dropped filling: Quote:
As several others have concluded, this appears to be a large dropped filling incorporating numerous conjoined dropped letters. Very rare, but I've seen this on two other coins, one a wheatback cent. In fact, the extra letters on both cents occupy the same general area. And this fits the diagnosis because this area is especially prone to filled die errors on wheatback cents. You don't always see the boundary of the detached encrustation, because it's thin and in light of the fact that this coin is very worn. Congrats on a great find. I wouldn't bother with a grading service since they're unfamiliar with dropped fillings this extensive and would likely provide an inaccurate diagnosis or declare it a fake. Mike, if you see this, is your archived article available on the New Hampshire large dropped filling yet? I've looked for it but couldn't find anything, would love to see that. Quote:I wrote about large, multi-element dropped fillings in Coin World some years back in a Collector's Clearinghouse column. Unfortunately, their online archives were disabled by a computer crash two months ago. I'm hoping they can be restored in a few months. [...] The specimen I did write up was a New Hampshire quarter, with two large, multi-element dropped fillings on the reverse. |
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Well, I still have it in my lock box. Not really sure how to proceed since it is so uncommon - and just like me people don't know about its rarity. It seems like one of those things that is so uncommon that it brings down the value of what it is actually worth. Been following some of the auctions on Heritage and ebay but they are only going for around $100.00 (it seems like it should be worth more than that). I don't know maybe I am wrong - but I didn't want to rush into anything. After all it has taken me 5 months now finally figure out a Doubled Die. Either way it goes I will definitely post on the findings. Edited by CoinCents
03/24/2016 10:05 pm
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Error coin writer and researcher.
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And here's one on a Georgia quarter:   Error coin writer and researcher.
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Thank you Mike, these are great examples. I've saved all these images since these don't come up often, hard to even get Google to find instances of this.
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