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  • #1

    Trails?

    Looks like trails to me but I've never seen one. Any opinions?
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    Thats a major example of a great trail find.. Congrats!!! Wow they dont get any better than that!!!
    Still the best "Nickel Trail Die Hunter". 2013 ((MIKEE)) T.Davis

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    • #3
      cool

      Thanks it is my first trail find!

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      • #4
        That is a great trail die. It is 1998P-1DER-029T and is considered a major die. This is the link to the page that this die is found on.

        http://traildies.com/id77.html

        BJ Neff
        Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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        • #5
          Yes!

          And I had just about given up on the error thang...! I'found 10 smooth edge Washingtons, a dropped letter Polk, a skipped letter Polk and several very minor errors but I think this one is my most up-lifting finds thus far. It looks like above a ms-63 does this warrant slabbing?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Tuffjump View Post
            And I had just about given up on the error thang...! I'found 10 smooth edge Washingtons, a dropped letter Polk, a skipped letter Polk and several very minor errors but I think this one is my most up-lifting finds thus far. It looks like above a ms-63 does this warrant slabbing?
            Well its up to you if you want to slab it.If you like it I'd say why not!!
            A find like yours can be very up lifting.Its not an easy find I tell you that.
            Good luck with your searches,remember there still out there!!!
            Still the best "Nickel Trail Die Hunter". 2013 ((MIKEE)) T.Davis

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            • #7
              Slabbed

              Originally posted by coin-crazy View Post
              Well its up to you if you want to slab it.If you like it I'd say why not!!
              A find like yours can be very up lifting.Its not an easy find I tell you that.
              Good luck with your searches,remember there still out there!!!
              Well I sent the coin to NGC to be slabbed through my coin dealer and apparently he either forgot to check the variety box or he checked the error box instead. I got the coin back today in a slab (graded ms-65 rd) but they did not label the slab because of his error.I was charged full price by NGC as an error coin with a notation that it was a variety not an error. Along with the coin I sent them the Trails number for that coin saving them having to search for it.
              I will never use that service again.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Tuffjump View Post
                Well I sent the coin to NGC to be slabbed through my coin dealer and apparently he either forgot to check the variety box or he checked the error box instead. I got the coin back today in a slab (graded ms-65 rd) but they did not label the slab because of his error.I was charged full price by NGC as an error coin with a notation that it was a variety not an error. Along with the coin I sent them the Trails number for that coin saving them having to search for it.
                I will never use that service again.
                Ghee whiz,that sucks big time ... Smh!!
                Still the best "Nickel Trail Die Hunter". 2013 ((MIKEE)) T.Davis

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                • #9
                  The two companies that do encapsulate trail dies are ICG and ANACS and they will use the trail die numbering system. I will not make any comments concerning the "other" grading services.

                  BJ Neff
                  Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Tuffjump View Post
                    Well I sent the coin to NGC to be slabbed through my coin dealer and apparently he either forgot to check the variety box or he checked the error box instead. I got the coin back today in a slab (graded ms-65 rd) but they did not label the slab because of his error.I was charged full price by NGC as an error coin with a notation that it was a variety not an error. Along with the coin I sent them the Trails number for that coin saving them having to search for it.
                    I will never use that service again.
                    Are you sure that NGC will even recognize this variety?

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                    • #11
                      I saw your email about your recent submission to NGC and wanted to follow up with you. NGC maintains a list of varieties that we recognize on our website under the Research tab. When determining which varieties to recognize we look to see not only how prominent the variety is, but also how widely it is collected. For a recently discovered variety with only a handful known examples there would be very few collectors. The 1998 cent with die trails is also considered minor by NGC, so even if it had been submitted for variety attribution it would not recognized

                      This is a letter I got back from NGC. I did not mention that I also sent a Polk dollar I found with a dropped letter on the edge. It was only the second dropped letter found on the Presidential series and they deemed it too minor a error to label even though an article was done on it by Ken Potter in Numismatic News July 27 2010. I'm soooo confused!

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                      • #12
                        Question

                        Originally posted by wavysteps View Post
                        The two companies that do encapsulate trail dies are ICG and ANACS and they will use the trail die numbering system. I will not make any comments concerning the "other" grading services.

                        BJ Neff
                        Thanks BJ. The question I have is should I remove the coins from the slab before I send them to one of the services? I'm thinking I should but just wanted to check with someone who has knowledge about the issue.

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