Variety & Error Coins

Thank you for all who have helped me. Now I have a new dilemma. I have a Morgan 1884 S, and I am uncertain which company is the closest to giving a reasonable rating on it. Any ideas?

 

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Photog?

 

Hello all. Im a new member and i have a interesting quarter i sure would appriate any expert information you guys might have on it. I believe its a 2003 mississippi state quarter and its a error for sure.

 

Hmmm . Very interesting looking coin .

 

Girldly ... Well first of all I really admire your passion and determination . And my advice to you is Don't ever give up so easily even if other people tell you to . Because sometimes it's ok to invest a little money in research . Just as long as your not pour your entire life saving into it and as long as you have what I like to call a SENSIBLE STOPPING POINT . Infact Investing few dollars on it that would probably otherwise be waisted on other junk everyday can hurt especially if you're reports indicate a wrong planchet error . But first you may want to try and figure out what wrong planchet error coins are selling for on the coin market to kind of give you an idea on how much you can safely spend on research before throwing in the towel ... That's what I would do .

 

thanks i agree it is interesting. Do you know what kind of error the coin has? i did a little research but found nothing quite like my coin. i am not a collector and know nothing about this. i just found this in my change today and want to know more. who knows this may be the first coin of my collection lol

 

ok i think what i have here is a die adjustment error which should have been destroyed but managed to get through. does this make the coin rare or valuable?

 

My advice would be to have it looked at by someone that specializes in authenticating coins ....

 

SEM/EDX only measure the surface composition. As with XRF, it will only penetrate a limited distance into the object, so the comments in Post #9 and Post #10 apply here as well. The EDX detector is picking up a little copper from underneath the plated nickel layer. Cobalt and Iron are likely to just be contamination in the plating.

 

What you really need to do is start your very own unique thread... that would be much better.
And clear pictures, not blurry ones.

 

So, what are you trying to say, its plated?

 

Yes.

The SEM EDX results would be consistent with what I would expect to see on a nickel plated, copper cent. A lot of nickel with a little bit of the underlying copper being picked up

 

Hi green. Miss you

 

What the heck is that. Tell me more

 

Very Funny. I am real, and getting older everyday...as does our 1972 D cent made of Nickel. I would like to contact the Red Book and speak with the authors...as well as PCGS who determined that our penny is made of Nickel. They say an employee of the Mint did this. Bull.

 

I am going to scan it for all to see.

 

Thanks for not calling me an idiot. I appreciate the advice you have given us.

 

Show me the photogs...........took ya a year to get back to us.......

 

What did ICG have to say about the coin?