Just Bob

In the Barber quarter series, for the dates of this board - 1906 to 1916 - the 1913-S, 1909-O, and 1914-S are probably the hardest to find in circulation. My guess is that that your great uncle had to purchase the two missing coins from a coin dealer, and that they are in a box somewhere, still in the holders that they were in when purchased.

i am going to guess that this one got a 65.

This is some seriously cool stuff!

In my opinion, that would depend on what the purpose of the albums and board is. If they are a remembrance of The Collector who put them together, I would leave them alone. If they are going to be sold, I may put the nicest ones in one album to try to get the best price for it. On a related note: I would love to see pictures of the various albums and coin boards that you have.

Welcome to the forum. The pictures are not clear enough to see if there is actually any doubling, but they are clear enough to tell it is a large date cent.

Your coins appear to be housed in an album. If they were mine, I would not remove any of them for grading. I would leave them as they are - a nice collection of Indian cents.

Those are much better pictures than the normal cellphone shots seen on here.

Welcome to the forum. Your coin is not an error coin. It has been damaged. It is worth one cent, so you can spend it if you like, or keep it as a conversation piece.

Most of the doubled dies listed for 1963 are proof coins, so those can all be eliminated quickly. Your coin is, of course, a business strike. I took a look, and I did not see anything that your coin might match. As far as grading, I think there is enough hair and leaf detail to call this one EF45.

This is another of those strange ocurances where I typed a rather lengthy post last night, then apparently never hit "submit reply." So, after removing all of the parts that have already been covered very well by others, I will just add the following: If you want to take the time to search for varieties, and don't want to spend the money for the "Cherry Picker's Guide" mentioned above, our host has many varieties listed at Variety Plus, Click here, and another helpful site is Variety Vista Link here. I do think it would be worth the trouble to find a copy of the "Red Book," also known as "A Guidebook of United States Coins." The prices listed in it are not realistic as far as valuing your coins to sell, but can be used to compare one coin to the others in the series. You can sometimes find a used copy at a thrift store or used book store. And, Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to The Forum. This particular coin would not be worth the cost of having it graded, since it is very worn, and also appears to have some damage to the rim at 10:00. If you plan to post more coins in the future, kindly follow a few guidelines: Try to get your photos as close and clear as possible, and if you can, crop them, so that they will be larger. Also, don't forget to show pictures of both sides. We are sorry for your loss, but hope that the coins bring back good memories for you.

It is a continuing source of amazement to me that, apparently, people assume that those of us who frequent coin message boards know nothing about coins.

I hate to burst your bubble, but that is a large date cent.

I can't see the doubling.

When the OP said "almost bowl shaped," I assumed that meant concave on one side, and convex on the other. My mistake.

Exactly right. If that coin were on any dealer's table or website, it would be Good or better.

Judging by the assumed direction of the light source, it looks like an indention. If so, it is most likely post-strike damage.

Whenever I read posts like this, I am reminded of how much I don't know. This sounds like an interesting subject to pursue, though. Note to self: Research early 20th century Canadian quarter varieties.

According to Breen, there was only one die used for the "strawberry" obverse, and your coin does not match it. The leaves, numbers and letters are different. In order to avoid giving assistance to any counterfeiters who might read this thread in the future that is as specific as I care to get. Edited to add: And, now that you have posted the reverse, I can see that it is completely different from both known reverses.

Welcome to the forum. If your coin is bowl shaped, almost assuredly happened after it was minted, which makes it damage.

Even without seeing the reverse I can see that is a fake. Sorry.

Welcome to the forum. Looks like post-strike damage to me.

The obverse is severely damaged. It is not on the wrong planchet, and it has not been re-used. The mint does not "stamp over" used coins. They do not take old coins, throw them in the hopper, and run them back through the press. If they ever reused old coins in any form, they first melted them down. Here is what to do: take a pre-1982 cent to a parking lot or road. (Watch out for traffic) Place it obverse side down on the concrete or asphalt, then pound the dickens out of it with a rubber mallet, keeping the reverse side up the whole time. It won't take long for the obverse to look very much like your coin. That is why we call them "parking lot coins." It is damage - pure and simple.

And, I concur. All coins pictured are large dates. Welcome to the forum.

Good movie.