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Valued Member
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I also see it - (John1 - a few more posts and you reach my birth year)
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Pillar of the Community
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No doubt that's a doubled die, and it would be a new one to me. Thanks for posting it!
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Pillar of the Community
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Congrats John1 on a new find!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Way to go, John! Great eyes!
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Pillar of the Community
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It is a doubled die alright:-) It's a new one on me too!
Nice Find!
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
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Well allright! New discovery! Way to go, John!
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Pillar of the Community
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Alright John! Sweet!   |
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Are you going to send it in to be attributed and get listed?
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Scooby Due,
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Are you going to send it in to be attributed and get listed?
I am thinking about it and I probably will. Maybe my bad luck roll searching has turned 
John1 
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Just went to coppercoins.com and it says they are not accepting attributions. And I'm not to happy about the fees,at least $8 for one coin  . Anyway,now what do I do? Does anyone know if or when they will start attributions again? Thanks,
John1 P.S. Any idea of what my coin might be worth? I am asking to see if the value of the coin justifies the price of attribution.
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Pillar of the Community
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John1: Get in touch with Mr Bob Piazza (coppercoins) Chuck is not attributing, but I believe Mr Piazza still is. He attributed and listed my new 1994P DDR His e mail address is mustbebob1@embarqmail.com Also I would recommend Dr James Wiles (CONECA) His E .mail address is jameswiles@sbcglobal.net Congrats again on the new find! |
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Thanks much chuckster 125 Could you PM me and tell me how you packaged your coin and what mailing method you used? I would appreciate some detailed step by step instructions.
John1 Thanks again.
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When I sent mine to Dr Wiles, I just put it in a flip, with my name address, phone & e-mail on the paper side. A brief letter on the area of interest. Put it in a bubble mailer and insured it for $100 and included a check for $8.00 to cover attributing and return postage. Worked like a charm.
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I can clear all this up for you...
I am not accepting attributions, but Bob Piazza and B.J. Neff are.
The fee for attribution is $3. The post office gets the rest, and the $5 shipping is for any size package. Because you choose to send in one coin isn't anything I can control.
I'll briefly explain what goes into the attribution process...
First, there's comparison identification, which could take up to 30 minutes per coin. While this doesn't apply in your specific case, it does most of the time. We have to be sure that whatever coin is sent to us is not an already-known die variety. Second part is setting the coin up for photography and taking the photos. This generally takes 15 minutes per coin. Editing the photos is next. This involves loading the photos onto a computer, cropping, cutting, saving, naming them, and uploading them to the server. This takes 15 minutes per coin. After that, the coins are repackaged for shipping with a personal letter written to you telling you what was found and what was done with your coins. This takes time too.
If you hung around while all this was being done, you would be visiting me for at least an hour for your $3. There are VERY few jobs in this country where it's even legal to pay $3 an hour for services.
I shut down attribution services at my place because for the money we charge, it's simply too much work, and I have a lot of other things I have to do to actually pay the bills. $3 per hour wasn't enough, obviously.
You might want to think again before complaining about sending $3 to an expert to have them personally evaluate your coin. My personal opinion is that you're getting one heck of a bargain.
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I wasn't really complaining about the fee,just whether the value of the coin in question justifies the (total) cost to me. Thank you all for your input on this coin.
Sincerely,John1
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