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| 1865 3c Detecting Find, Sent To PCGS
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
 Posted 04/08/2025 8:14 pm
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My son found this coin using a Tesoro Sidewinder a few years ago, location was an 1850's home site, located on Main Street in a small Kentucky town. It looked amazing for a dug coin. The soil in the area is very kind to coins, I had previously found 2 1917 Standing Liberty quarters there, they looked great too.
Fast forward a few years, I took a look at it under the scope and noticed it's an FS-101 variety as well as having a light obverse die clash. It had some light scratches on the obverse but nothing horrible so, I sent it off to PCGS hoping for the best 
The grade came back as Genuine Cleaned XF details and I was very happy with that!
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| Advice On Setting A Price For Ebay Auction
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 04/07/2025 9:07 pm
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I got lucky with a PCGS submission of a 2024 D Jefferson Nickel, MS67 Full Steps. The PCGS Pop Report suggests that there aren't many at this grade and the only sell prices that I've found are on eBay which are suspect in my opinion however, if those sold prices are legitimate, they have my attention.
Any advice on how to present this coin for sale and at what price? Should I try a platform other than eBay?
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| | Forum: eCommerce | eBay, eCrater, Heritage, Paypal, Auction Houses, etc. |
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| 1968 S Proof Quarter FS-902 Type F Reverse
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 03/22/2025 11:42 am
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Got this one back from PCGS yesterday along with the DDO dime. I took a chance sending it in but with the help of the Coin Community family and all of the resources available here, the risk was worth it.
Unfortunately, the obverse is forward facing but images of the reverse would be mute as it's slabbed now. I did take some horrible images before it was sent off though.
Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and expertise!
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| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| 1968 S Proof Dime DDO
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 03/22/2025 10:34 am
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"Were they able to answer your question about the doubling not seeming to match IN GOD WE TRUST."
I think they answered the question with the Variety that they attributed. I compared the coin to DDO FS-101 instead of FS-102. I got close but should have dug a little deeper, lesson learned! I'm thankful that the PCGS grader most likely went out of his/her way to assign the correct designation. |
| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| 1968 S Proof Dime DDO
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 03/21/2025 11:02 pm
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Well now, it is a variety! Got it back today, this was my very first PCGS submission, I'm happy with the grade and variety recognition. The obverse had some issues, I thought it would grade lower than 65.
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| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| Not The Extra V I Was Hoping For (2023 P Cent)
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13205150
New Member
United States
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Posted 03/17/2025 3:30 pm
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"I can't grasp why such a minute imperfection would be examined so intensely...no (and will never be) added value....
Maybe neat to see the progression of the die crack, but that little chip on his collar"
"I believe these cheap microscopes are such a negative to this hobby. If you can't see it with 5x to 10x magnification....then it's no big deal"
I wasn't inquiring about value, just curious about die chips/cracks. I actually rock a boujee AMScope but it's too much trouble to remove the eyepiece/insert camera/reassemble for something I already know isn't a big deal. The cheap scope is for quick imaging, nothing more, it's better than my 10 year old iPhone.
Matter of fact, the defects in the coins can be seen naked eye, no magnification necessary. No intense examination was required nor conducted  |
| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| Not The Extra V I Was Hoping For (2023 P Cent)
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 03/16/2025 4:17 pm
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I'm 20 rolls deep into a 2023 P Shield Cent bank box, found 100 of these so far. The "v" is in the identical spot on each coin as is the minor yet noticeable crack at the top of President Lincolns' head on all 100.
Got a laugh at myself when I viewed two back to back and I'm like, I just looked at you I can't tell if the v is incused or not but I'm leaning towards die chip.
Would a die chip hang around that long in the same position? Is it an oddity that both anomalies repeat? I've yet to find a coin that has only one or the other.
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| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| 1968 S Proof Dime DDO
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 02/06/2025 8:21 pm
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Is this dime an attributed variety or nothing? The imaged coin shows similar doubling as the FS-101/102 but in the wrong direction. This one displays doubling South in "In God We Trust" and West/North West in "Liberty" (no image).
Variety Vista has two possibilities but the images are inconclusive to my eyes however, this coin is a match with Variety Vista's FS-801 in "Liberty" but it's not even close in "In God We Trust". I'm unable to find an image that corresponds to "In God We Trust".
Regardless, I absolutely love this coin! Happy to have released it from prison (US Mint Proof Set).
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| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| Would These Be "Dryer" Coins?
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 12/25/2024 5:56 pm
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I apologize if this isn't the correct forum for this.
Odd as it is, I've taken an interest in collecting dryer coins.
Would the community consider these as dryer damaged?
Also, does anyone sell these on line? Perhaps I'm not using the correct search term, I can't find any on eBay, etc. I suppose a visit to a laundry mat would work 
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| | Forum: US Modern Variety and Error Coins |
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| USPS "Stolen/Lost" Coins
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13205150
New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Posted 12/25/2024 5:42 pm
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Haven't seen any specific posts regarding this however, here's some insider information (employee).
The USPS had several semi trucks that were flooded during the two Hurricanes this summer. The mail inside the trailers received a HAZMAT designation and have to be handled different, way different. The rotted perishables are difficult to deal with, plenty of maggots and flies, the stench is horrendous, the mold is thick. The fluids leak into all the other mail. It's a long process to present these back into the mail stream. We are still working containers from September. I still have one trailer (full) at my facility to get through.
The trucks were flooded in New Orleans, Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee. A lot of the mail originated from the West Coast. New Orleans is the first stop for distribution to the lower East Coast. The USPS dispersed this mail to several facilities to decontaminate. I happen to be one of the lucky ones. I'm on my fourth and final trailer and will begin the process tomorrow (12/26). Most of this mail will only have an acceptance scan and if subsequent scans show up, it will be from one of the lucky facilities. Honestly, most of it is unscannable, it may just show up if we can read an address.
Yes, I'm finding coins/collections in this mess. As a collector, buyer and seller, these get the best treatment that I can give them. Generally, the packages are too far gone to place back into the mail stream, I box these up into a fresh container and send them to our Mail Recovery Center in Atlanta, GA. If there's a readable receipt inside the package, I'll send that too, hoping that we can match sender and recipient at some point. However, it's critical to file a missing mail search to make the reunion happen. When Atlanta receives these from me, a 45 day window begins, if there's no matching claim, they dispose of them, how, I don't know.
Not every coin/collection finds it's way to Atlanta though, if the value is less than $25, the general rule is to donate to a local charity. Being an enthusiast, I realize that a bank roll of US cents could be worth more than that, those don't go to Atlanta, as least at my facility, I assume these are a transaction between coin collectors.
It's amazing how many coins/collections show up "loose in the mail" on a monthly basis, all year long. Sometimes due to USPS mishandling but more often than not, they just aren't packaged properly. It's not always a hurricane.
If any of you think you're affected by the aforementioned or have a current issue with the USPS regarding coins/collections and JUST coin/collection mail pieces, reach out.
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