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TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I want to show you a simple fix for a mechanical error.


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Don't try this at home.












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  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    wouldn't that more correctly be considered adding a varietal attribution than fixing a mechanical error ?
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ebaybuyer
    wouldn't that more correctly be considered adding a varietal attribution than fixing a mechanical error ?

    Yeah, I suppose. If we want to get analytical and technical with nomenclature, you're probably correct, too. I need a better Sharpie.
  • MonsterCoinzMonsterCoinz Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want to see the CAC version
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,519 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I thought we were more of a society infatuated with stickers. Print up a nice label, put it on the slab. Then you can put a glittery star sticker on the slab, maybe a WOW sticker and maybe even a Chiquita Banana sticker on the reverse for good measure. image
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ha ha you guys.
  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,339 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would want to practice on a piece of transparent tape first. image
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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    I bet it works on undergraded coins too!
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So that's what they call "sharpied?"
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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IMO, Your coin is not the wide AM variety. Perhaps it's just the lighting angle. Sure would like to see a close-up of those letters so you can prove me wrong. Perhaps the experts here can educate me after you post the photo.



    PS You can remove your "attribution" using Goo Gone on a Q-tip.
  • JebJeb Posts: 122 ✭
    I agree. I do not think it is the wide am variety.
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LOL.... You should send it back to PCGS for reholdering like that....

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Joe, try a fine point grease pencil. Much nicer. Sharpies are no good on plastic.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Jeb
    I agree. I do not think it is the wide am variety.


    I would have not submitted it in 2006. With order #20062072 had it not been. Thinks me was crazy about the variety and after one submission I had 6% of the 2000 WAM cents in PCGS holders. ( MS 64 ).
    ... call me a WAM geek.


    On that note , PCGS long ago informed me they would happily fix it. It is just that part of my fun with coins is obviously having fun in the business and hobby , with people. Kidding aside ( thread title along with the Sharpie ....), am generally serious

    Hard to think a decade has passed since this submission and that almost 2 decades since I got back into coins after a 25 year hiatus .

    some gents prefer Stickies.
    Some of us have fun with Sharpies


    Thanks for joining the fray, people
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ebaybuyer
    wouldn't that more correctly be considered adding a varietal attribution than fixing a mechanical error ?


    The paperwork (invoice) specified when I submitted it. It is a different coin number than what is on the label (FYI) I needed a better Sharpie to put a 9 in there. ??
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @ TwoSides: "I would have not submitted it in 2006. With order #20062072 had it not been."



    I would like to see a close-up of the "AM" please. IMO, the photo does not look like a "Wide AM" so I believe that PCGS has the correct label on your coin.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Self-attribution..... shows initiative.... could be a trend. image Cheers, RickO
  • 1tommy1tommy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well Just got this letter over the weekend and they actually sent me two vouchers if I send this 1953 d/d Back.



    It's Really the DDR 801...Not in a hurry this time but its good to see after more than a few they Stepped Up......



    (This is a One Time Courtesy) is what the letter says so I guess no more Mechanical errors for me.



    I think it might be too long for you to ask for a voucher......Thanks PCGS...Enjoy image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did the same thing. Bought a nice 1911 Indian $10 gold coin. Took a sharpie and added "D Mintmark" to the slab. Both the grading service and the major dealer that I bought it from missed that D mintmark which makes it a much better coin.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Insider2
    @ TwoSides: "I would have not submitted it in 2006. With order #20062072 had it not been."

    I would like to see a close-up of the "AM" please. IMO, the photo does not look like a "Wide AM" so I believe that PCGS has the correct label on your coin.



    PCGS agreed long ago to correct the "omission" from the submission. I just never sent it back , as it didn't seem that critical.
    It is the WAM variety.

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the great photo! Sorry I questioned you as you had the actual coin. Make sure they don't lower the grade on it when you return it (due to the spots).
  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    a dime on eBay that actually is a mechanical error - the seller used your method

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1946-P...64b:g:9MoAAOSw5dNWkW7m
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent example of my thought process, DaveWesen. image

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