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Whoaaaaaaa, nelly! Bought this raw. Off to grading soon.

 

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Beautiful, i bet you are.

 

It will be interesting hoe they handle the star weakness. Is it strike or wear? And how do they tell?

 

Strike is uneven due to the die break and die state. I think it’ll come back MS65 BN. Newcomb 4.

 

1899 P MS 65 Morgan.
Low mintage semi-key, or even (arguably) key date. A nice, well struck, and lustrous blast white example. This coin should be worth a little more, imo. But an interesting date nonetheless. I’m happy w/ it.

 

I hope that is the case, but sometimes it's an excuse for a lower grade. Weakly struck and coins from worn dies seem to be an area of inconsistency.

There's a reason there are 11 different grades of MS. But where you make those distinctions seem to be a matter of preference for the individual grader.

 

Picked these up yesterday, getting my weekly coin fix. I'm starting to get into circulated classic commems. Some beautiful artwork and I like that someone bought them and then for what ever reason they entered circulation. The dime was thrown in to round out the purchase price and it didn't hurt that I needed this date/mm in my date set.

 

Just picked up this Potty Dollar!

 

Is this a contemporary to the HOBO Nickels?

 

I picked up this 1935 dollar earlier this year. MS65

 

Picked this up tonight. A little dark, but I think looks like original skin. I don't have much experience in this commemorative type. Luster is there a couple if spots on the reverse. I am not seeing wear, but again not experienced. Looks like a little weakness in the strike at the hair curls but no luster break or discoloration...so not sure if high AU or MS 63.

 

I would think it was done before they started carving nickles, though it would requrie more research. This one has "No Free Trade" at the bottom and they say that was a quote from the late 1890's. https://coins.ha.com/itm/love-tokens/1877-us-trade-potty-dollar/a/427-82122.s

 

I wonder where "Josh B'Gosh" comes from. It sounds like a campaign slogan. Clothing maker Oshkosh B'Gosh supposedly got its name from a tagline in a vaudeville show but that's all I could find.

 

I received a couple of these in change from the self-checkout at Lowe's this past weekend.

 

New Bust Dollar (sorry, the 17 year old me still lives in the 50 year old me)

 

Found in change today.

 

I learned something interesting the other day. On the flighted planes on your 2021 Tuskegee Airmen quarters there are numbers on the wings