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JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭
So I got back what I thought was a 1918/7 S overdate quarter back from PCGS today. It came back as a straight 1918 S. I guess I was misinterpreting what I was seeing.



What do you think?



http://www.pcgs.com/cert/80891592

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  • kookoox10kookoox10 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    If it's in referencing the trueview photo on your link, it surely looks like the 1918/7. Did you pay for the variety attribution for this submission?
  • NotSureNotSure Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭
    Not my series, but even I can see the overdate That one will be headed back.
    I'll come up with something.
  • NotSureNotSure Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭
    My first double post!
    I'll come up with something.
  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    Mechanical error ?
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  • ianrussellianrussell Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like the variety from the photo. This is a variety you shouldn't have to pay for (I think). It's a major variety like the 1955 DDO 1c etc., that is automatic. Definitely send back for review or show to an expert.

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you indicated the RedBook description in the variety box, PCGS should have put it on the label, unless they thought that the 8 was simply distorted by post Mint damage. Doesn't appear that way to me. Call Customer Service and ask for a 2nd review.

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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is clearly a no question overdate, no need to pay for attribution, it has a standard coin number. Clearly a typo /mechanical error. :

    My question is : did you assign coin number or have them do it?
  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does PCGS still have the coin? If so, is there anyway to have them hold it and fix it? If not, I would send it right back and have them fix the problem.

    Nice coin by the way. Did you buy it as an 18/7 or was it a cherrypick?
  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Send it back noting their error of omission ...
    They should assume all liability for postage &
    insurance.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,551 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Send it to me. I'll inspect it, as well as admire it for a while.
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yup...it's the overdate.
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't see the top of the 7 as it should be there.



    I think is it a result of a post mint metal moving via a hit or two.



    bobimage



    PS: mintmark is different shape as well.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Overdate!
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  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: AUandAG
    I don't see the top of the 7 as it should be there.

    I think is it a result of a post mint metal moving via a hit or two.

    bobimage

    PS: mintmark is different shape as well.



    I hope your just goofing because the top of the 7 is clear as day. The S has taken a hit so that the top of it is flattened out.
  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Send it back. Someone messed up. It happens.
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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's only about a $4,700 difference between the two. image

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  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: sparky64

    It's only about a $4,700 difference between the two. image





    Yep, no doubt a 1918/7 that was mislabeled.



  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: jtlee321

    Originally posted by: AUandAG

    I don't see the top of the 7 as it should be there.



    I think is it a result of a post mint metal moving via a hit or two.



    bobimage



    PS: mintmark is different shape as well.






    I hope your just goofing because the top of the 7 is clear as day. The S has taken a hit so that the top of it is flattened out.




    Wow,and I have a 2015, government approved, Federal weights and measures certified, dual lens, 1,000 gigabit, Viewmaster monitor and I don't see the crossbar!!!



    bobimage
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  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    I am pretty sure I can see the small die chip that is to the right and above the date. I know that mistakes happen, but geez Louise, that one is a whopper. image
  • Send it back and ask them to fix that, it had to be mislabeled unless I'm seeing things in that pic.
  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: AUandAG
    Originally posted by: jtlee321
    Originally posted by: AUandAG
    I don't see the top of the 7 as it should be there.

    I think is it a result of a post mint metal moving via a hit or two.

    bobimage

    PS: mintmark is different shape as well.



    I hope your just goofing because the top of the 7 is clear as day. The S has taken a hit so that the top of it is flattened out.


    Wow,and I have a 2015, government approved, Federal weights and measures certified, dual lens, 1,000 gigabit, Viewmaster monitor and I don't see the crossbar!!!

    bobimage



    Ahhhh.... You need at least the 2,000 gigabit.. That explains it. LOL
  • kookoox10kookoox10 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    Furthermore, I too am interested if this is a cherrypick or did you knowingly buy it as the variety. That is a heck of a coin!!
  • JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭
    Thank you all for the replies. I found the coin in a hoard of coins that I inherited. It was in the 1918 slot of an old Whitman book.
  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Big find!
    Im surprised Pcgs missed it, but again we beg the question: did you sibmit it under the 1918/7-s variety number?

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,107 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I will gladly pay full PCGS value based on that cert verification image

    Nice find! Question: on your form did you enter the PCGS coin number for the 8/7 variety?
  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Jcld
    Thank you all for the replies. I found the coin in a hoard of coins that I inherited. It was in the 1918 slot of an old Whitman book.

    Wow - nice find image

    As said, call PCGS to get if fixed.
  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The normal sized Certificate Verification the image is quite apparent, using the http://images.pcgs.com/trueview/80891592 the sloping portion of the "7" is painfully obvious.



    Perhaps this coin went through either on a Monday or Friday. image
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  • JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭
    Thanks again for all the responses, although I have been collecting coins for a while, I am new to the certification and grading process. I submitted the coin with the number for the 8/7 quarter. Even if I didn't though shouldn't' PCGS have made the correction when they discovered that the coin number that was submitted wasn't accurate?



    I had some half eagles graded and those types were changed from how I submitted them during the process.



    But yes I will call them and see what they will do for me.



    thanks
  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,107 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Jcld
    Thanks again for all the responses, although I have been collecting coins for a while, I am new to the certification and grading process. I submitted the coin with the number for the 8/7 quarter. Even if I didn't though shouldn't' PCGS have made the correction when they discovered that the coin number that was submitted wasn't accurate?

    I had some half eagles graded and those types were changed from how I submitted them during the process.

    But yes I will call them and see what they will do for me.

    thanks


    It is definitely a mechanical error that PCGS should fix for free. The graders probably concurred that it was attributed correctly and then the wrong label was printed during the slabbing process.

    To answer your second question, yes, even if you submitted it with the "1918-S" number, they usually will see the variety and attribute it as such. I once submitted an 1880-S Morgan that they saw was the 1880/9-S variety and they holdered it as such.

    Great story here -- this is big reason why I come to these boards image
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a great find.... I agree, it is the overdate..... and to find it in an old collection, super!!

    Cheers, RickO
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    with no ill intent here

    pcgs customer service is great and only a phone call away



    was this sent in on an express?...by all rights this should of been sent in on express service level



    or reg service level?

    did you note in the variety note section that this was the overdate?
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,706 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sweet coin indeed! Send it back and get that fixed.
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,484 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: DCW
    Big find!
    Im surprised Pcgs missed it, but again we beg the question: did you sibmit it under the 1918/7-s variety number?


    So........(blink emoticon) we are to believe while the graders are examining this coin under their stereoscopes, they take note of the 8/7 but proof-reading the submission form to find no number or a check mark in a box they'll not enter the variety into their computers. The labels come later or are they still using post-its?


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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,158 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that sure looks like an over date to me as well.
  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    .

    are the tpg "obligated" to state a variety on the insert for ones they do for free?



    if you note variety on the form, seems it would prompt an attribution fee unless the correct (gratis) coin number is cited on the form.



    ive wondered for a while.

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From what I understand, if it is a MAJOR variety, no fee. If it is a Die Variety or Minor Variety then the $18 kicker comes in to play.



    The 1918/7-S is a Major Variety, therefore no fee should be required.
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  • JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭
    Hiya



    Ya it was sent in at Express level, and I had the correct coin number in the submission. I will call customer service as soon as I am able.

  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad you're going to call.

    Customer service will take good care of you.

    They will give you detailed instructions on how to return it.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    respectable enough there



    yup

    customer service will fix you right up



    huge congrats on merely finding this tucked in that album

    what an exciting moment in life that had to be
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • JcldJcld Posts: 449 ✭✭✭
    I couldn't believe what I was looking at when I first took it out of the book. I initially was going to leave the 2 dozen or so books alone and just focus on the thousands of raw loose coins, but after looking at one book and realizing that there were several coins in the wrong places, i decided to take them all out and catalog them. I am glad I did.
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on that find, very few people would have spotted it. "Fortune favors the prepared mind"

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