Anyone purchase the Garfield spouse coin?

tlake22

Hello, this is my 1st post here. I am new to the coin grading biz, but the reason that I've come over here is that I received my Garfield spouse coin on Wed, and was please to find something interesting. All of the lettering on the lower half of the reverse was doubled. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this with the coin. I sent off to PCGS to get graded so I am anxiously awaiting the return. I tried to take a pic of it but was unable to capture the DDR clearly, so I will wait for the grade. Just wanted to throw this out there and to see how common this is.

jmski52

Congrats! and

I suppose that it could be shelf-doubling, but do keep us informed.

RYK

Yes, I am enthusiatically collecting the subset of FS coins in which the President died in office:

Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt, and Kennedy. I cannot decide whether or not to include the Nixon FS and consider it a political death in office.

shorecoll

RYK, I was going to do only Presidents who were dead from the neck up, but I couldn't afford that many!

JJM

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silverstreak

I plan on picking it up after some price drop.

Solo

Yeah, I'm not the only spouse collector here !

...As for the Garfield, I haven't ordered one yet as I'm essentially doubling down on the 25th ase sets. There will be plenty of time to buy the Garfield, but if I missed the first major error/variation in the spouse series I'm going to hate myself for not ordering immediately :.

FredWeinberg

Tlake22 - you didn't say if you sent it in to
PCGS via the Mint Error tier.

If you did, fine, but if you didn't, the coin
will not be viewed for a possible doubled die;
also, as mentioned above, the odds are
99.9% that the doubling you see is common
'ejection' or 'mechanical' doubling, and not
a doubled die.

(this being said, obviously, without seeing
any detailed close-up scans of the doubling
you view with a glass)

tlake22

Yes I did submit for error tier. I am new to all of this. Upon doing some research, it probably is a mechanical doubling. that being said, how would it be graded. Would it get any specific distinction made on the slab? Any info would be helpful.

FredWeinberg

Not sure what you're asking about.

If it's mechanical doubling, it will get
no special designation at all.

It will be graded, as normal coin.

tlake22

that is what I was asking.Thanks

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Anyone purchase the Garfield spouse coin? >>

I didn't know Garfield had a spouse.

There's Odie the dog, and Jon, his owner...





No, I haven't bought any First Spouse coins. They're kind of interesting, though, for moderns.

Solo

<< <i>No, I haven't bought any First Spouse coins. They're kind of interesting, though, for moderns. >>



Take a good look at the Jackson proof coin in hand and I bet you'll at least consider adding a modern to your collection .

RYK

I actually have collected the Liberty subseries and made a tidy profit on a few of the lower mintage issues.

DorkGirl