1995 Double Die Whats wrong with it?

This was graded MS68RD by ICG. I got it several months ago and have noticed discoloring at bottom of obverse. What does this do to its value?

 

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Yikes...that is NOT a good thing! I would contact ICG and forward these pics.

This will lower the grade of the coin and obviously hurt its value. A PCGS MS68RD 1995 DDO goes for around $125-$135, while a MS67RD goes for around $90 to $100. A NGC coin in the same grade would sell for $20-$25 lower.

There are many graded 1995 DDO's out there. Even a MS65RD coin only goes for around $30-$35.

 

I think you may be stuck with it since ICG doesn't guarantee the grade of copper coins (for this exact reason). In fact, IIRC, only PCGS does guarantee copper coins, which is part of why they are the marketplace favorite for copper.

 

ouch, thats a hard one to swallow, exactly the reason why I purchase most of my uncirc modern lincolns uncert

 

Wow, I think at best that coin would now grade an ms-65, possibly a 4.

 

Ouch, i feel for ya man. What do you think could've happened?

 

Sloppy handling by IGC? Maybe he just got done eating a greasy cheesburger and didn't use gloves. Who knows. So I guess I just let this sit in my collection, huh?

 

Luckily I DO have another one thats not slabbed and VERY nice. If I can snap a good pic I'll post it. THen send it to PCGS....BTW LUCKILY I didn't pay too much for it. Less than 40. But I swear that crap wasn't there when I bought....or I wouldn't have!!!! :headbang:

 

Unslabbed 1995DD Lincoln

I did the best I could trying to get these pics to come out. Sorry if the quality is bad. This is the one I want to sent to PCGS. Worth it? The obverse is NOT that dark...its RD

 

I have a MS-68 RD PCGS 1995 DDO. That I got off a guy for 80.00 last year. Not a bad buy.

 

yeah, but have you ever submitted anything to be slabbed? FWIW, I probably wouldn't slab it either.

 

Sorry about that, I had a tooth removed yesterday and all of my posts from then should be taken with a grain of salt as I was in a Vicodin induced stupor and I'm not sure that I was quite myself, lol.

 

I've also been going to the Tooth Doc. lately---it doesn't make for a good day always

Speedy

 

I contacted ICG ,they said to send it back and they'd see what they could do for me......strings attached I'm sure!

 

They might do right by you. They have nothing to gain by leaving that coin in their plastic, so they might work something out for you.


Doug-sure, use the excuse whenever you want, just email me if you need me to mail the tooth to you (they let me keep it lol ). Actually, when i told my Dad about having the tooth pulled he responded, "remember the tooth fairy pays $1 per too." So I am gonna sell it to offset the bills lol:desk:

 

Well guys, I did contact ICG. The gentlemen e-mailed me back within 24 hours and told me to ship it back to them and they would take a look at it and find out what went wrong, then reslab it. It probably won't come back MS68RD, but he offered to do this at NO CHARGE. I was seriously impressed. THAT is good customer service. So, since they did that I sent that other 1995 DD to them to be graded. Maybe a stupid thing to do, but who knows. They did something for me they DID NOT have to do, so they gained a customer. And per Paul Defelice at ICG (VP, Client Relations & Marketing) they DO NOT guarantee copper. Thanks all and IGC!