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 Posted 04/15/2015  11:39 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add teachmind111 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
how and how much to send a coin to Secret Service Forensic Division? if possible.

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 Posted 04/15/2015  11:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tweak800 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well the only reason I think they would even look at a coin is for Counterfeit Detection and here is a link for that http://www.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml I am curious why do you want to send a coin to them?
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I have a fake SBA I am debating on sending to the secret service or not.
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What kind of coin are we talking about here?

Can we see some pics?

I'm curious.
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http://www.secretservice.gov/money_coins.shtml here is the link about coins it looks like hey don't care to much unless it is a Note lol

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 Posted 04/16/2015  12:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add teachmind111 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have posted it but I need someone to examine it so ill know for sure I rather not post it again embarrassed but I want to really know. sorry

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 Posted 04/16/2015  09:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Why would you possibly want to send a coin to the Secret Service? They know less about individual coins than we do.
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Weird Al says it all:
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 Posted 04/16/2015  11:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add teachmind111 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I read this
The collector
submitted the cent to Secret Service Forensic Division, and in their opinion
the coin was genuine. The coin was then examined by numismatists
representing the major coin grading companies who were of the opinion
the coin should receive a "No Decision" grade because its authenticity
could not be guaranteed. The coin was sent to the Secret Service for a
second time, and once again their opinion was that the cent was genuine.
A 200-power optical scanning electron micrograph showed that the coin
was not a composition of two coins, an altered date, or a tooled coin.
In 1993, the coin was sent to PCGS. PCGS was of the opinion that the
cent was produced by fabricated dies made using spark erosion.
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I would think if you send a coin to the secret service,
and it is fake. Then they will keep it.

They are not going to send a counterfeit coin back to be
possibly spent. They would start to question you as to
where you got it.

As posted, you have a lot of experts here.
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That was a one-of-a-kind potential bombshell which has at least a reasonable chance of existing, a combination of two designs which were changed that year. It's pretty much the only time that's ever happened.

We don't even know what coin you're talking about. Why do you not accept the opinions of the experts here? We've given you incontrovertibly clear answers to all your questions, and we will continue to do so.
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 Posted 04/16/2015  12:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wharper to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There should be no cost to send the coin to the Secret Service, but bear in mind they deal with counterfeits and not rarities or oddities. If they deem the item counterfeit, I believe that they will confiscate the item

If you send it to the Mint and they deem it a deliberate error, they will likely confiscate it as well. They may very well confiscate even if the error is no deliberate. Their business is manufacturing usable coinage and they may take your coin and send you a nice shiny substitute and a nice letter stating, "Thanks for playing; you lose".

Send the item to PCGS or NGC (or both),and discuss with non-Governmental experts. You are taking a huge risk of losing the item by involving the Government.
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 Posted 04/16/2015  3:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add teachmind111 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
here is the coin I have posted before. for I cant let this go, its because I know there is something here that's been done by machine and not no rubber tire in the parking lot as some have mentioned. the first image is a blurry picture of the coin. the second is 4 arrows each one of them represents a single stamp of the same image in that order. on the coin. I have examined the coin for hours. I know what all of you are thinking or want to say that's why I need some pro to take a look at it.it also feels and sounds funny to me but I know and I see the same marks front both on each side of the coin.I will find out! Forget about the first image you cant even see it duh sorry
oh yeah its a 2005 nickel.

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 Posted 04/16/2015  3:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PawnS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Might as well be the moon.
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Who in Heaven's name would make a fake Anthony dollar?
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