Let's learn about "problem coins"

lcoopie

I know that there are a few problem coins floating
amongst the beauties that are normally shown off here,
so let's see them,
with their grades if available,
and the problems for all to see
and maybe learn from

relicsncoins

Rampage

<< <i>I know that there are a few problem coins floating
amongst the beauties that are normally shown off here,
so let's see them,
with their grades if available,
and the problems for all to see
and maybe learn from >>



Even with the problems noted on your coin, it is quite a lovely one.

savoyspecial

some of my favorite coins are "problem coins"......you got a problem with that?!?

i'm afraid this wont be as educational as the coin is raw, but i should have this coming sometime this week from a recent purchase:

commoncents123

That could would do better if it were cracked out... (the OP)

JRocco

This one received a really gentle wipe, but a wipe none the less.
It is in an ANACS Unc Details "Cleaned" slab.

lcoopie

thanks Rampage, my bust half has been with me since the 60s,
when my Dad and I collected.

anyone else have something to share,
or do you not photograph your "problems"?

BillJones

This 1796 half dime was body bagged for "damage." The damage is a few teeth marks. I've seen early half dimes with worse problems in holders, but this one didn't make it. I bought this one for short dollars, so I didn't mind so much. I sold it raw for a good profit to a dealer.



This one got the ax for "improperly cleaned." This coin was the biggest screw-up I've made in two years. I love early half dimes, and have made some very lucky purchases through the years. But 1796 as always been a bad luck date for me. I always buy the wrong coin, and when the right coin becomes available, I'm always short of funds.

Doogy

at least ANACS did the collector a service, and noted that the coin is cleaned in the original post. that is certainly a whole lot more honest than PCGS and NGC silently net grading these problem Bust coins, just to make their pop reports look better.

FilthyBroke

ICG MS-60- Cleaned, but still beautiful to me-

BloodMan

AU55 Details Obverse Scratches

Hyperion

didn't someone have a coin in a "tooled, dipped, cleaned, rim dingled, questionable color, blowtorched, spit-upon" labelled anacs slab?
UNC net AG

lcoopie

another one here



TDN- ? no problem coins

Smed624

I've got to add one of the six that I had returned as having issues..
This one was not slabbed due to PVC..
I still don't see it, but I'm a rookie...

ColonialCoinUnion

<< <i>This 1796 half dime was body bagged for "damage." The damage is a few teeth marks. I've seen early half dimes with worse problems in holders, but this one didn't make it. I bought this one for short dollars, so I didn't mind so much. I sold it raw for a good profit to a dealer.



This one got the ax for "improperly cleaned." This coin was the biggest screw-up I've made in two years. I love early half dimes, and have made some very lucky purchases through the years. But 1796 as always been a bad luck date for me. I always buy the wrong coin, and when the right coin becomes available, I'm always short of funds.

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I think both of these will find their way into holders one day.

lcoopie

that 1893 Morgan looks to have been cleaned to me,
I don't see PVC that is active, perhaps it was wiped off???

IrishMike

This is what happens when you buy a coin at a show with bad lighting. I purchased thinking I had a mint state coin and a neat VAM, see the 90 in the date. It wasn't till I got home and took some photos that the lines came to light.

Smed624

The 93 shows signs of a cleaning, know that I know what to look for, but I just don't
see the PVC...
It all part of the learning...
Here's another





Brian

DUIGUY

TwoSides2aCoin

Verdigris, cleaning, scratched, environmental damage.

Cool coin, but would never waste money submitting.

Be cognizant of the color on coins. A natural coin will look, (how shall we say ? ) ugly dark, hardly readable brown and full of dirt.
A cleaned coin will expose all the "natural ticks, flaws, scratches, dings, etc'' in a coin. It will also show dark and light contrasts thoughout the fields mostly.
I don't mind buying a problem once in a while, as long as guys know upfront why they aren't worth more to me.

TwoSides2aCoin

This one suffered a natural death, but it's death nonetheless.
Scratches. PCGS doubled billed my credit card with a note that said the graders had to have distress bags before they could issue a bodybag.

TwoSides2aCoin

PVC residue on the first submission. Resubmitted and came back as Altered surfaces though I hadn't done anything to it, at that juncture.

Above the ear one can see the green. I've since experimented with the coin and put it in acetone. ( my first feeling of doing something stupid since I used toothpaste on a couple Morgans years ago ) I hope acetone didn't hurt it. I don't think another submission is worth it, either ... ??? you ?

P.S. my second post was a joke. I never submitted that coin. It's just a problem.

drwstr123

DGS AU55-lightly cleaned.....

Baley

Problem: Hole

half dime (13 star)

Problem: Hole/Plug

quarter (Browning-5)

Problem: Scratches

half dollar (O.101)

Nysoto

Aside from the counterstamp, cleaned and punched. I like it, even without a PCGS slab and CAC sticker.

lasvegasteddy

i learned on this 1916-s walker that pcgs "net grades"...here i thought they only bag'd or graded before their genuine service...this is a pre genuine service example

this one is a net graded piece...au50...(one of the sweetest au50's i've ever seen) so you bet when it became available again to me i jumped on it...great price on a favorite year/mm

sellers images


in hand images


here's the reason it was net graded...the indent on reverse rim...strike through?...who knows but to most this is a problem coin

CertifiedGoldCoins

Picky, picky.

Coxe

TwoSides2aCoin

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ok, so maybe I'd pay a little more for other problems

lcoopie

anacs EF45 cleaned and damaged

Being able to pick up on problems
is key to collecting,
so keep them coming, please.

Baley

Problem: Digs

half dollar

Problem: Grafitti

half dollar

Problem: Hole

half dollar

robkool

This Bust $ is graded genuine (damaged, tooling)... Probably due to the dig in the field @ 10 o'clock, it may also have some old cleaning too.

TwoSides2aCoin

Problems can be very expensive. I know the lady who owns this one.

pb2y

richardshipp

cleaned

richardshipp

Too Much Cow Bell... (disclaimer: Not Mine)

richardshipp

Frankenstein Effect ™

jdillane

I wouldn't mind owning many of the above. Especially the latter of the two 1796 HD's.

lcoopie

what is the problem on the 10c 1916d?