Variety & Error Coins

Hi gang , got 1972 no/mm dime and 1991 d/d/o penny can`t find any info on penny dime is around a 65 or maybe 67 penny r/b 65 according to tv lol!

 

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Start a new thread in 'coin chat' and be sure to post some photos of what you've got.

 

Still working on the 1972 D Cent. One lab says its 96% Nickel...I have to wonder, why they wont slab this Error coin. It is currently heading to ICG.
Thanks to "pluggable camera" I can finally take precise photos. Thank you for that info., it is a great tool for coins.

 

Maybe because it is not a Mint Error
Did you actually send it to get attributed? To which TPG did you send it to? What was their determination? Why the huge ugly scratch?

 

The big ugly scratch came from a 2nd grade boy...wondering why it's color wasn't brown. The slab company said thanks to the scratches, they were able to determine the 96 percent nickel.
They called it "Counterfeit", according to the "red book" that means someone purposely made it from nickel to profit from it. How that can be true is ridiculous. He got this penny in his lunch money in Missouri. I sent it to PCGS.

 

This makes no sense. Which company told you this? NGC?
Thats not how they determine if its genuine or fake. No sense in counterfeiting a Cent out of Nickel. Can we see the info the company returned to you? That states is 96% Nickel.

 

Sounds like the reading you might get if you XRF a nickel plated cent. (After all you are shooting through a 100% nickel layer.) Did they say what the other 4% was?

 

I think you may have some things mixed up. You originally said the it was a lab that said it was Nickel, then you said it was a slab company. A test lab IS NOT in the certified coin business, and a Third Party Grading service is not going to do a chemical analysis.

Conder is correct. XRF is the most likely non-destructive test and it doesn't provide much info beyond a depth of a few thousandths of an inch (may be less if the nickel blocks out the x-rays from the material underneath it). A nickel plated coin is always going to show a very high percentage of Nickel.

In addition, no US coins from that time period used a 96+% nickel planchet. It's obvious that it's nickel plated, either as a high school chemistry experiment or somebody bored at work. Don't waste any more of your money by sending it to a TPG.

 

well, let us know when you get a reply

 

I am trying to upload the document....lets see if I can....no luck. I have a new computer, cant figure it out yet.
THE PENNY CONTAINS: nickel 96 percent; Copper 3.1 percent; Cobalt 0.8 percent; and Iron 0.4 percent. The scan was an electron microscopy, normalized to 100 percent.

 

I am going to try and attach what was sent to me...hold on...It keeps saying this does not allow an extension...I have no idea why I cant upload it. I will read and learn more about this computer. So Sorry. However, the contents are: 96 percent Nickel; 3.1 copper; 0.8 cobalt and 0.4 iron. The scan is called: SEM-EDX.

 

I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE ALL CERTAIN THIS COIN IS COATED. I HAVE TO WONDER WHY THE SCAN I PAID EXTRA FOR, SHOWED THOSE PERCENTAGES OF NICKEL, COBALT, IRON, AND COPPER. May I ask, can I send this to the U.S. MINT TO EVALUATE ITS AUTHENTICITY? Or, will they keep it?

 

The remaining 4 percent is listed below your question. Nan

 

If you wish to email me, I can attach it to you. Nancy, just start a conversation with only me, and I will give you our email address. I want all the help I can get. Thank you very much. pcgs is where I sent it.

 

If you wish to start a private conversation, I would be happy to attach in an email the results. Nancy

 

Like the other two people, I will be glad to email you all the info., PCGS SENT ME, ESP. THE RESULTS OF THE SCAN. If you are interested, start a private conversation, and I will give you my email address....or how ever you wish to do this. Nancy

 

Sorry, but that name (Nancy) intrigues me......

 

Don't blame you. I am so tired of researching this coin my husband had in his lunch money when he was a kid, you have no idea. Thanks anyway. Nan