I personally think that US coinage hit a high point around the beginning of the 20th century. Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, St....
Die polish lines are made when mint workers use tools to polish the surface of the dies. It's quite similar to the cause of 'hairlines', only the...
I'd say any time you have to use any sort of force to fit a coin like that, you might be asking for trouble. Might want to consider using...
Heh, that might get a premium over normal die breaks just cause it's of the 'John Wilkes Booth' variety :-)
Just got to thinking about something interesting. 1922 was a big year for Lincoln cents because of the 'no D' variety (Philadelphia didn't mint...
Didn't know that! Thanks for the tip! My employer has access to a great deal of thick plastic billet stock (ABS, UHMW, etc) -- maybe I'll look to...
I have a set of Lincoln cents I'm building in 19mm Airtites. Right now I've got em in 9-coin easels, with 6 easels to a binder, but I don't really...
LINCOLN CENT 1913-D in MS-65 RB ---- $900 LINCOLN CENT 1914-S in MS-63 RB ---- $800 LINCOLN CENT 1915-S in MS-65 RED -- $3500 LINCOLN CENT 1919-D...
OK, here's the obverse. I don't think it's been cleaned or polished, but it might have been tooled... Also, it has 'ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED'...
Here's a couple more photos. In hand, it definitely looks like the material is raised (but it could always be a folded-over lamination I suppose):
Just bought a new cent for my Unc Lincoln collection (still very much incomplete). This is a 1929-S, and one thing caught my eye: there's a raised...
Nice and simple... the simplicity hearkens back to the days of the wheaties.
I dig it. I don't think I'd pay a premium for it, but I definitely dig an overall golden cast on a silver or clad coin. I've got a few...
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