Or they were truely disliked or hated such that people would melt the coins down just to erase their image ;)
Missing reeding eh? Likely that this coin spent time at a casino running through slot machines.
:p :p :p I took the question as seperate from the coin pictured. How would you get a D drop on a S mint coin. Thus my smart-aleckie answer :D
GDJMSP often recommends contacting CONECA and Ken Potter. No complaints so far ;) I believe you can email them the pictures first, if they don't...
Ask GoD :p
touchekidd, First...welcome to the forum :) I believe cave-Troll is right. The coins, particularly the buffs, are being hoarded in such...
Well I was right...my sets arrived today (Wed)....now lets see how long it takes for the email to come in ;). This is probably the ONLY set...
Check around online or with a local coin dealer. You can usually find complete (read - most up to date) sets of P&D Unc state quarters in nice...
got me curious too....so I did a bit more research. I guess in some indian cultures....the pipe was smoked in a ceremony declaring war....so I...
Hey Speedy....can you move this thread to the US Forum....might get a bit more exposure than in the error section
That's Scottish/Celtic etiquette your referring to I think ;) Having the pipe bowl pointing down is not typically symbol of peace, it is...
Count yourself lucky. Many banks REFUSE to order any of the new coins. They are tired of dealing with them.....though why one extra piece of...
If you ment " potential sellers" I'm with you. But hey, if they have the means to buy them back at $2 million plus.....more power to them :D
Keel boat for me. The GLARING mistake in the design of the peace nickel is ignorant at best....at least according to some indian ediquette.
The coins rolls available from the mint are machine wrapped by a 3rd party company. Proof for me has been the expectation of cirular gouges on...
I guess the mint figures "who cares....if they're verified, we're melting them"
First guess is a over polished die, or perhaps a planchet plating defect. Second guess is a triple struck proof....the first strike being a bit...
If your flash is over powering the image and washing it out, a diffuser (simple as holding a piece of kleenex or printer paper over the flash)...
welll.......more likely anyway :p
My are in "stock and reserved" so that means they'll arrive Wed. this week....and the email telling me they will be shipping out should arrive on...
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