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Bedrock of the Community
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Since I have never set a coin in for a grade, which house would you suggest? I know that the most respected are PCGS and NGC but there are also differences in cost. I have some very high grade dimes and quarters that I would also consider sending. Is it best to join one and stick with them? I sure would like to do it right the first time out. I welcome all advice!
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PCGS is the King of the Hill so I don't think you can go wrong with them, but they are expensive. The silver cent you posted here deserves the best plus it will add to the value of an already valuable coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Fred Weinberg has several silver cents listed at $1200-2500 with clad cents listed at $400-700.
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Maybe you should have the coin looked at furthur by an expert
before sending it in for a cert. Hard to tell with pics. but something does not look right as far as it being silver. The diameter
looks a little large also for a dime. But maybe that is what happens
when squeezed. Devices seem to fit pretty close to normal for a cent. Was the mint doing any foreign jobs at that time ?
Hope it does turn out to be a dime for you though.
If so nice find.
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Size looks right to me.
I owned a 1999 clad cent in MS 65 graded by PCGS that I purchased from Fred Weinberg, I bought it as an investment piece and I think that's the year the mint introduce new method in tightening error coins from being occurred in production.
Well, so much for quality control, error still happens and probably never going to change.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Size looks right, strike quality looks right, he says the weight is right for a dime, I'd say it looks real.
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Pillar of the Community
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This might be a silly question, but is the edge reeded? Or should it be?
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Pillar of the Community
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Just curious, if you dont mind me asking. Where did you aquire this piece?
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looks like a nice coin to me! I am not sure which process the do the reeded edge on, so I am not sure. good questiong
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Iknow absolutely nothing about the off metals, but this has to be one of the coolest errors to find. Congrats and keep us informed.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The edge would not be reeded since a cent collar would be used and not a dime collar with reeding.
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Thanks bio, that makes sense.
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The reeded question is an interesting one. In speaking to someone who should know, an ex-president of the ANA, if it were reeded or even showed the imprint of being reeded, it might be a dime tossed into the machine and in which case it would be known as an eleven cent piece. This one is not reeded or show signes of ever being reeded so it is more likely that a silver blank was inserted and not an already minted dime. I am hoping to gather more info Wednesday night at my local coin club. I will probably send it in along with a few other interesting items to be slabbed. |
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Yep, if it was an 11 cent piece it would be reeded but the first strike design(Merc dime) would be plainly obvious as well.
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