Crawtomatic

Interesting. I see the airplanes have quite a bit of loss of definition on the 20p version but the steps, building marquee, and (especially) the engraver name appear to be fine. In hand, how do those details compare? Possibly re-engraved?

I think you guys mashed up 2 movies actually. In The Firm Tom Cruise was the young attorney with no way to quit after joining but it was The Devil's Advocate where Keanu Reaves was the young attorney and his father was the devil. But both decently entertaining movies.

That was my take on it originally but everybody seemed so content to talk about the coin grading space.

Did you all see the updates to the Census screens? I noticed it yesterday and it's really nice how it shows all the Star & Plus grade census counts now.

Oh, no worries at all. If I put something online, especially an eBay listing, I fully allow that it's public domain at that point. I'm honestly happy enough that it could serve as a reasonable reference. Some coins photograph easier than others for me and I don't have the best equipment but I'm making do.

@Fullhorn woohoo! I feel famous that my coin pic was used for reference. Congrats on getting another one identified and presumably attributed shortly. Yours is friggin' beautiful.

Morning! Not the most popular series, but could you consider adding slots to the Two Pounds, Commemorative, Elizabeth II, 1997-Date, Mint State set for the earlier circulating commemoratives that are not silver/gold? I believe the following 2PND coins should be added. 1986 Commonwealth Games 2PND, 1989 Bill of Right, 1989 Claim of Right, 1994 Bank of England, 1995 World War II, 1995 United Nations, 1996 UEFA

<REDACTED> I didn't read thoroughly and thought we were looking at the 1991 double cent denomination.

4349044-001 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4349044-001/45/

Afternoon. I sent an inquiry through the contact webform (https://www.ngccoin.com/contact/) back around mid November but hadn't heard back yet. I recently acquired a 1913-S Type 2 5c that's in a holder with a 1931-S label. Also in the pop report/census as such. What's the process on getting this corrected so I can add it to the registry set? Thanks, Craw-

Are these the MS64-65 clad quarters you mentioned back when first joining the forums? Are they live yet?

I've seen that exact toning pattern on a few Norfolk commemoratives that came to auction recently. I assumed it was related to an owner storage technique but perhaps it's related to how the commemoratives were issued? Any ideas on how it occurred so I can further my learning?

Sounds like somebody mucked up on that reminder email. I didn't sign up for any specific reminders but the general email blasts they send all indicate 9am ET. Sorry you missed out on that one. The good news is that there's plenty of availability on eBay and not a lot of demand. If any of these speculators get scared you may be able to get it at less than issue price closer to Christmas.

These were available at 8am CST today. I added them all to my bag at 8am just to see when they got marked as no longer available. No technical issues involved really. The site went down once but came back less than a minute later. The silver 2 medal/coin set was the first to go. Probably around 15 minutes. Then, I believe, it was the gold reverse proof followed by the gold 2 coin set. The last one that sold out was about 50 minutes after start if I'm not mistaken. I think a lot of speculators jumped on these but I also feel like they're going to be left holding the bag.

I sold it as a straight auction. The market determined the price. So I daresay I ripped off nobody.

Screw me then. But I think it's a matter of perspective. I flipped the V75 silver eagle and then spent the $600 on a Buffalo nickel. That's not even made of a silver, the horror! So, I mean, didn't the US Mint in that way add some value to the hobby? I don't imagine I'm the only one that saw the opportunity on a series I could care little about to serve my actual collecting habits. The low mintage is a manufactured scarcity as opposed to survivability percentages of low mintage coins from the 19th or early 20th century. But, still, the hobby's been using scarcity + condition = value as a general function for so long it's kind of accepted. At least with US coinage. Last I checked, the Royal Mint has lower mintages on a lot of their commemoratives and non-circulating coins but it doesn't actually translate to inflated value on all of them.

@Bunnygin From experience, you can submit variety plus candidates on the same submission form as non-variety plus submissions. As long as they're all same tier.

Looks more like a lamination peel or a split planchet to me. I'm not well versed in the newer cents so I'm not even sure if they use the lamination process. Does it look like a chunk is peeled away?

You've got to try a new canned response. For one, that's rarely good advice as it is but, more importantly, the OP is referring to a proof issue coin released last week. The chances that it grades anything less than 69 (if kept in original packaging) is extremely slim. To the OP, unless you're a collector of the series I'd sell now. If it graded 70 could it be worth more? Possibly but not guaranteed. As of today it's pulling an easy $10k profit over buy price. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

The post topic indicates "spooned coin". From a cause and effect basis spooning a coin and a typical dryer coin are both similar in that they experience prolonged gentle pressure along the rim edge. The result being a smaller diameter coin with a wider, fairly even, rim. For the record, I'd expect a spooned coin to have a better condition on the obverse unless it started out with all the scratches already.

For understanding purposes, a mint error is different than a variety. NGC Mint Error articles: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7765/learn-grading-mint-errors-part-1/ https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7855/ https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7936/learn-grading-mint-errors-part-3/ https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/7988/learn-grading-mint-errors-part-4/ NGC Variety article: https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/what-is-a-variety/ Doubling would fall under the variety category but would need to be a recognized variety. For NGC & US Coins that's generally limited to what they have on their Variety Plus listings pages. https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/ Other sources for variety listings are here: Lincoln Cent Resource - http://www.lincolncentresource.com/Top50.html Variety Vista / CONECA - http://www.varietyvista.com/index.htm Wexler's Doubled Die - https://doubleddie.com/ I don't recall offhand if NGC offers a Variety Research & Attribution service but for certain ANACS (another grading & certification compan) does. This can be useful if you have a coin that has multiple varieties with little difference between them.

First thought was 'what would be the size of that coin?' But I read that as giving somebody $300,000 in gold coin. So, like 30,000 $10 coins.

In a way, isn't that what a gold ETF is?

This is something I was wondering about as well. I think I read somewhere that some TPGs disallow buying/selling/collecting by their graders. Though, even that seems odd to me. But if you're a grader, and a coin that comes in for a series you collect, then it's likely you know what the sweet spot is for population numbers, or at least pricing. And you could infer what the submitter was hoping for - if it's a coin on the fence between 2 grades. So do you lean towards "hey, good on this guy. he just got the 2nd MS68 grade ever." or "it's close, but if I give it a 68 then my collection will devalue. sorry, charlie."

Could be just lighting but I suspect the top coin is also polished/cleaned.