I see nothing unusual about the 3 on the 1913 Liberty nickel or the entire 1913 date. The development of the 1913 Indian Head nickel had dragged...
Another piece of "folderol!"
My term for these deliberately made "errors" is "folderol."
Thank you.
No, the die was worn down enough to weaken the D, and in a normal year's coins it might be recognized as a minor variety, but there are very many...
The first one is only slightly weak, and does not qualify as the "Weak D" designation that brings a premium.
I am writing a book on 1922-dated cents. Will be out in 2022. This is a fairly common variety. The D is a bit weak, but this is not what any of...
I once handled one of these folderol Proof Ikes struck on a cent planchet, where the piece had two flat sides at approximately a 120 degree angle....
Nice piece.
An amazing piece and an amazing article! Well done, Sir! TD
The undated Sacagawea dollar obverse.
I am not sure. That last picture seems to show some die damage of a completely different nature near the center of the coin and below the right...
Doubled dies are legitimately scarce. The chances of one of them being in a press at the end of the year and being carried over to the next year...
When I worked in a coin shop and people asked me what gold was going to do, I would look them in the eye and state with absolute certainty that...
But what it you view the coin's edge upright, as though it were balanced on its edge? That is how I view an edge. Your "oblique left" now goes up...
Say what???
The majority of Buffalo nickels seen were dateless or partial date, but you could find up to VF from the 1930's. Plenty of dateless S.L....
Been There. Done That. Don't wear t-shirts.
I started looking through rolls in the early 1960's, and only ever found one Indian cent. Dated Buffalos were still around.
Not all fakes are magnetic.
Separate names with a comma.
