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Graded prior to Monday morning coffee. Still, he created an interesting piece.
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Some smart guy ruined a $500 coin by adding a D to it. Give me that man in a room for 5 minutes. Quote:
It was NGC, I know it.
No, NGC would call it a Quarter. |
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Ok I'm feeling really ignorant here because hwta am I missing? Besides them missing the un-mistakable DDR how or why are you saying the D was added by someone? Lol I know I'm missing something stupid but what? |
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P.S. I did just wake from a 20 minute cat nap tho-too much sun today...
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Slambass, This 1939 Doubled Die Reverse is the famous 1939 listed in the Red Book forever now as a Philadelphia issue. Some idiot added a D to the coin. Took a $500 variety and tried to make it into a $90 +/- Denver Mint coin. |
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BTW, according to Brian Raines, Larry Briggs and James Wiles, this is the wrong style D for that era.
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Ah ha! So thats how they detected it-unreal! he wanted the scarcer '39 D and didnt realize he had this famous philly DDR,come on! |
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Slambass,
You hit the nail on the head. BTW, I detected it when the owner waved it under my nose in a holder laughing about Larry Briggs telling him it was a fake a year earlier. He handed it to another fellow that started laughing too (their humor directed at Larry). I looked in disbelief and started to wonder if I was losing it. I knew I had developed some "Chemo Brain" after cancer (a condition where you can get forgetful and confused) so I started to wonder: "could I really be losing it" thinking this was supposed to be a Philadelphia issue. I started to pick up a copy of my book and then said no, I know this coin too well and told them that they should stop laughing -- that Larry Briggs was right. The owner's smirk faded as the other fellow took a second look and reaffirmed that it was an added Mintmark.
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05/03/2015 9:08 pm
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Oh no! Dave! That's terrible!  Edited by koinpro
05/03/2015 9:22 pm
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Seriously, NGC is a good grading service.
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Does anyone know how the MM was attached and if so why couldn't it just be removed/conserved ?
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Seriously, NGC is a good grading service.
In the post-CAC overreaction of the TPG's - the pendulum swing towards "conservative" - NGC is in my opinion returning more consistent and just plain more capable results than PCGS. The "PCGS Premium" gap is narrowing, especially with newer slabs. Others are noticing. Their administrative section is just plain horrid, though. I've said before and I'll say again, I would already have fired people if I were running that department. The error rate is simply unacceptable. PCGS, on the other hand, is either consistently too conservative or just plain drunk in the corner with some of the stuff I've seen in their new slabs. |
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Jasper,
You have a point. Maybe it could be removed.
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