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I really dislike seeing material like this slabbed as problem free

WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 4, 2017 4:57PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Does it bother anyone else?

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2017 4:58PM

    Ugh! Beauty is in the eye if the holder of the coin...bad lighting perhaps?

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    TonerGuyTonerGuy Posts: 590 ✭✭✭

    Thats a joke slab - right ?

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2017 4:58PM

    I certainly would not want to buy it.

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    joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Geez. Come on. ED

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    cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 11,354 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes it bothers me. It bothers me even more that someone submitted something like this.

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2017 5:15PM

    Come on...Changed in the slab. @WingedLiberty1957, IMO, you deserve to have a few "days off" for even posting this. :wink:

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    1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yea, garbage.

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,845 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What a joke!

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    OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,438 ✭✭✭✭✭

    C'mon man.

    Get with it. The coin in question is a POS. Everyone knows it.

    But IF the coin was graded properly, it has a value of less than $1 per the PCGS price guide.

    I am moving on to more important coins and topics.

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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How'd you find it?

    In the market for a 1985 cent in 62?

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    MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭

    What is that?

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    cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 11,354 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BryceM said:
    Could easily be an in-the-slab gassing/toning experiment gone bad.

    That is probably what we are seeing.

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    10000lakes10000lakes Posts: 811 ✭✭✭✭

    Based on the coin being graded BN, I think it might have looked like that originally.
    I think it might have been a 'mercy' grading based on the cert numbers that followed it.

    https://pcgs.com/cert/34268676
    https://pcgs.com/cert/34268677
    https://pcgs.com/cert/34268678
    https://pcgs.com/cert/34268679
    https://pcgs.com/cert/34268680

    It continues on for several more coins.

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    PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,152 ✭✭✭✭✭

    looks like PMD?

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    Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,841 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What bothers me slightly more is that someone paid to have a 1985 cent graded...

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    Desert MoonDesert Moon Posts: 6,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes agree with the others that it turned in the slab.

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    KindaNewishKindaNewish Posts: 830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    professionally graded pocket change

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    10000lakes10000lakes Posts: 811 ✭✭✭✭

    It's listed for sale at $27.99

    PCGS-MS-62BN-1985-P-UNIQUE-PORT-HOLE-TONED-LINCOLN-1c-SHOULD-BE-62-BLACK-amp-RED
    

    https://ebay.com/itm/PCGS-MS-62BN-1985-P-UNIQUE-PORT-HOLE-TONED-LINCOLN-1c-SHOULD-BE-62-BLACK-RED/312017741500?hash=item48a5b4e6bc:g:jiMAAOSwB4BZ~leG

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 10,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2017 6:54PM

    Someone out there considers it a work of art, people who live in spam colored houses, who wear leisure suits and other tacky tastes. "Thomas Kinkade", need I say more?

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    Don’t understand grading it at all with the cost to do it?

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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,694 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Baley said:
    How'd you find it?

    Looked in my box of 20 and there it was! ;)

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What does BN stand for? What does the reverse look like? What makes someone want to grade this? Looks like soot. This graded between uncirculated and choice uncirculated.

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    Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,841 ✭✭✭✭✭

    bn = brown

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    U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @10000lakes said:
    It's listed for sale at $27.99

    PCGS-MS-62BN-1985-P-UNIQUE-PORT-HOLE-TONED-LINCOLN-1c-SHOULD-BE-62-BLACK-amp-RED
    

    https://ebay.com/itm/PCGS-MS-62BN-1985-P-UNIQUE-PORT-HOLE-TONED-LINCOLN-1c-SHOULD-BE-62-BLACK-RED/312017741500?hash=item48a5b4e6bc:g:jiMAAOSwB4BZ~leG

    What everyone is missing is the classic item description. :D
    Here is a snippet from the listing:

    "NOT ACCEPTABLE AS PAYMENT: Foreign currency, stamps, livestock or other animals, small children or ex-wives, or any other weird stuff I have been sent from time to time."

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yikes !!! :s

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Type2 said:
    Yes it does it should of rec a + grade put the new grader in the seat.

    LMAO :D

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    OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is a great example of why ALL coins should be TrueView graded....even at the additional cost. I cannot believe our hosts would straight grade this coin. But this coin was definitely "gassed" after slabbing.

    OINK

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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,241 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^
    Are you suggesting someone took a PCGS MS62 BN modern cent and gassed it?

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    ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    only a mother would love it......

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 5, 2017 3:55AM

    Maybe it's in a Registry Set titled "Rainbows on Uranus" owned by a Proctologist? ;)

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    what a waste of plastic

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That coin has not been gassed.... it was that way prior to slabbing and was slabbed to take advantage of premiums for tarnished coins - especially available from the inexperienced collector. That is why the description of 'porthole' tarnish was assigned.... Totally ridiculous.... Cheers, RickO

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    WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 5, 2017 8:07AM

    I agree with the post above. The color class assigned (BN) says it looked this way when it was slabbed.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 36,020 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It probably did not look like that when it went into the holder. These copper coated zinc cents are like a snowball. They can “melt” at the drop of hat given the wrong type of storage.

    At any rate the person who spent the money to put that coin into a holder, even if it was done at the bulk economy rates, did a dumb thing.

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    WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is frustrating because I've sent WAY better Lincolns in that were bagged. Lol, pitchforks!!

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    10000lakes10000lakes Posts: 811 ✭✭✭✭

    What exactly is NET GRADING? Why is it used?

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a recent slab, so it didn't have a ton of time to change. It appears to have been part of a dealer modern bulk order. I sampled the next 100 or so certs on the verification page, and all those I checked came up as Lincoln memorial cents. It doesn't look like it was filling out the 100 coin minimum, so maybe there was alcohol and/or a bet involved in making it part of the submission.

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,293 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, perhaps our hosts decided to make some money off the fool who submitted the coin. Glad I own CLCT stock (up 207% for me) :#

    Seriously, it shouldn't have gotten slabbed.

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    CatbertCatbert Posts: 8,293 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @10000lakes said:
    What exactly is NET GRADING? Why is it used?

    This is a question for Insider2 who can give you a lengthy answer, full of philosophical musings and angst. ;)

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Catbert said:

    @10000lakes said:
    What exactly is NET GRADING? Why is it used?

    This is a question for Insider2 who can give you a lengthy answer, full of philosophical musings and angst. ;)

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    oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 3,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The other listings of the seller are altogether conventional, don't include the other odd submissions. There are more than a few folks out there who aren't playing with a full deck - Occam's razor.

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