Most people will say it's a grease filled die, but I'm pretty sure it's from die abrasion. That part of the die was polished away to get rid of...
I'm going with 65, pretty clean but the toning might have netted it.
If you send it to NNC you might get a 70...
Great find! I just recently found my first 72 ddo (8), they are out there, so keep looking and you will find more.
OK, that's a good first step. I got burned by a fake when I first started collecting, so hoping your coins are the real deal.
You should do a magnet test on them. May be just the lighting, but they do look somewhat suspect to me.
One problem I have found with half dimes is that there is no text that shows each valentine variety with high definition photos. Valentines...
I believe this coin to be an example of 1839-o V5. You can find an great example of it on PCGS Coinfacts, it's the coin graded 64+ on the 39-o no...
38-d was my last one, and it took me over a year of searching LOTS of boxes to find it. Ended up being in a monster box with two 38-d, and two...
What you have there is a quarter that has one side ground off with a grinder or lathe. Likely someone in shop class had too much time on their hands.
I must be missing something here, since I do not see DDO-1, just a worn 69-s. Rare-Tim, I hate to say it, but you don't have the real deal. I have...
Outstanding finds!
What I'd do would be to keep the best example out of each roll and dump the rest. Also I'd recommend getting some coin albums to keep them in. Get...
Gibbed should be hubbed. Typed on phone.
Likely the same dies used to strike a few hundred proofs were then used to strike a number of business strikes too.
Does anyone know of the denticles were milled after hubbing the die, gibbed with the die, or if a special tool was used to press them in at some...
I believe they are listed in the Scott specialized catalog. Maybe in the currency references too. At work right now so can't look in my reference...
Sure looks like it!
In 1971, the Jefferson nickel had a much overdue hub change. Really two hub changes, the first is missing the balcony and rails, the second has...
That die crack seals the deal for me. I believe you are on to something here.
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