depressing news from john wexler

I sent in some coins to mr. Wexler. a LWC that might have fibers struck in it. a 41 nickel that looks silver. a war nickel that does not look silver. a 72 LC hopefully struck on wrong planchet. and a 79 quarter hoping to be on wrong stock. and long story short he said he was surprised the coins but it is not his are of expertise. :-(

 

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Post good clear photos of both sides of
the four coins, and we'll take a look.....

(no offense to you, and I'm sure you're disappointed,
but reading your Title, I though something happened
to John !)

 

DITTO!

 

I have posted all 5 coins and no one has been able to give me definitive answer. I currently do not have them as they are on their way back from john. you did respond to the war nickel possibly not silver saying it just looked newer but can one be 100 percent sure without proper in hand examination or equipment? can someone tell if a cent is stuck on a foreign planchet just by seeing a picture? I want an expert to look at them in hand to be 100 percent sure. if it is something that you do I would love to send them just be sure. thank you for your time. sorry to scare you.

 

I'll be glad to view photos, but
do not mail the coins to me.

 

Agreed, and not cool.


Perhaps not the best example, but is an oldie that should help make the point....

"Let's eat grandma!" vs. "Let's eat, grandma!"

Big difference.

 

Perfect example. Just like depressing news FROM john not ABOUT john.

 

With all due respect I don't think what I want to know can be determined from photos. I would like to physically send them to someone. If you could kindly point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.

 

Send them to PCGS or NGC.

 

Yes, you can pay certification fees for
your error coins to PCGS or NGC or ANACS.

We were just trying to help save you possible submission
fees, etc., by viewing the coins, as a start.

Submit them, and let us know the results.......

 

Yeah, so at least three people just happened to wrongly misinterpret your post, not because of your choice of words, but because we're idiots?

Since you wish to drag this out instead of simply accepting a perfectly reasonable post at face value....

Let's say you told me you were sick - follow me this far? If I was passing along the information, would it not have come FROM you? Yes, it would have, but pay this little fact no mind, and believe whatever makes you feel better.

 

here is one of them. I feel this thread should have sufficient photos of one of the coins in question.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/19...fibers-and-other-foreign-possible-ddo.303018/

 

In my opinion, the 'threads' you see
were not on the coin when it was
struck.

As someone mentioned in the other thread,
if you took a Q-tip to the surfaces of the coin
with acetone, they would probably come off.

However, it's your coin, and it's worth the
experience to submit it to any one of the
grading/authentication services. Post the results,
so that we can learn too.

 

for $350? on top of a $70 membership fee?? I wish I had money like that to waste or I would. I could have a one of kind find and we will never know for sure. even if the coin is just a coin and not an are they still want the $60. I mean come on. if it's only worth 1 or 5 cents why would I want it graded??? it's not worth $130 to even do the coin I am most certain about. the LC that weighs 2.5g.

 

Maybe your local coin store would be knowledgeable enough to take a look at them for a couple of bucks.

 

This is a perfect example for everyone to understand that there is a difference between Mint Errors and Mint Varieties. Wexler is a variety attributor not an error attributor.

 

I have been to every one of them close to me asking if a coin I had was a doubled die when I was first learning. there response is usually along the lines of..." sorry I don't waste my time with that stuff" or "i'm to busy to be bothered with errors and varieties"

 

hint hint

 

It's very rare that you will find a coin shop owner that will help you to attribute Mint Errors.