This just came across as eBay BIN: 1976-D Type 2 IKE in Rare PCGS PO01, would be lower grade if possible I think lowball competition is silly because it involves manufacturable rarities -- just handle or tumble a coin until the date (or other identifying characteristics) are barely legible, and submit it. It seems tedious and pointless, but I guess it's not a big blow to the hobby if a few people grind down common modern circulated stuff like this. I'm also a bit surprised this coin graded cleanly at all; based on the very worn Morgans and Barber coins I've seen, I would've expected the central design to be a lot flatter for this amount of rim wear. Whatever; I'm clearly not a TPG grader. But take a close look at the mint mark in the photos: I'm no Ike expert, but if that's a "D", I think I'd better just retire from the hobby right now. I know TPGs sometimes make these "mechanical errors", but hey, if you've got the slab, you've got the registry position, right?
Shut up and take my money! Wow, people pay that much? Time to start putting some of my VG-G coins in my pocket for a bit.
While it does look like an 'S' to me too. Shouldn't that only be possible if that coin was originally a proof or is a silver Ike? I think the only 76-S's minted were 40% both proof and uncircs and clad proofs. Doesn't look like a silver Ike so can possibly rule that out. I guess it could have also been a wrong planchet error though If San Francisco struck what was supposed to be a 40% on a clad planchet and someone ruined a much bigger payday by turning it into that. My best guess is that it was originally a proof coin at one point.
