Not to be a bubble popper here, but I'm wondering if the coins been whizzed (mechanically cleaned). Hard to tell from the pictures. GDJMSP...
Another possibility is a "shrunken" coin, which thickens in the process, leaving shaped like a pill in some cases. Just google "shrunken coins".
Thanks for posting the other picture. Its always tough to judge without the coin in hand, but I trust Mikediamond's opinion.
LETSBUYCOINS....have you ever used carfacts.com to buy a car? They are one of the best rated services for learning about the history of used cars...
Tom, can you post a picture of the obverse too?
Yes and no cave troll. The owner still has the only privately held 1933 coin....which is legal for him/her to resell. Hmmmm.....all this talk...
Same problem still exists JVG814....whoever is selling the coin lots may not have searched them, but stockpiles of wheaties or any other coin...
www.ebay.com :p
1964 - 2005 $98 on ebay :D
To each their own. Personally I have to disagree. I grew up a military brat and have never EVER met a Marine that did not have a furver that...
Well, my to sets arrived today!!!!! Now I wonder if I should ebay one of them...they're both dated 07/07/05.......naw I'm keepin them :D
I went to the bank today looking for rolls of the new oceans nickels. When I asked if they hand any I was delighted at the positive response,...
Well, after reading about the searching in rolls of halfs I decided to give it a whirl. I managed to pull a 69-d out of 4 rolls so I can't...
If its a penny struck on a dime planchet, its technically not an "11 cent" coin, just a wrong planchet. 11 cent coins are struck dimes that were...
I second what Cave_Troll said. You are paying for a free life lesson.
Shatsi, check with a local Commerce Bank in town, they actually have been supporting the state quarter and nickel programs. I don't have an...
H O A R D I N G ! ! ! I live in NYC so I eventually see most of the new designs in ciruclation (quarters and nickels). But to date I've only...
The US Mint has to be loving all this hoarding. Neat trick making money while making money eh? I've managed to get at least one P bank roll...
Wish I could give you a link to a site, but I get mine from my mother-in-law....who lives in Korea ;) Doing a quick search on google,...
The descriptions on the usmint website are pretty straight forward "To prevent unauthorized reproduction of U.S. coinage, the die's original...
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