I believe the 'King of Siam' piece is the only legal example.
I informed the seller that it is not an error, please someone else do so also.
I would do better with questions about the future, but I'll give it a try.
Beam me up!
I have heard of something called a 'Sintered planchet', but I don't know much about them.
I don't see a horiz D. Maybe a picture through a magnifying glass would help.
I don't think it is a vice job, I think it may be a triple strike. Let me look at the pics a bit. Hope Mike d. sees this thread. EDIT- after...
Am I correct that that coin is off center?
Yes, I'd go 63 on that one, as long as the brown dots are on the plastic.
This week I have some misc on ebay, including a washington quarter set 1932-45 , no 32d or s. also 18 silver certificates including one radar....
That looks like post mint damage, notice the bend in the rim. Otherwise looks like a planchet defect. Close-up pictures might help.
Just guessing, but it looks like over 3000 smooth edge coins there. Quite a bonanza! I wonder how many were made with the 'Starburst' (Struck...
One to beam up.
Very nice, They don't get much better than that.
The letters are deformed because a thin sheet of metal fell off. this is a peeled off lamination. Laminations can extend to the rim because the...
Beam me up also. It would be a very interesting book.
That cent has the 'woodgrain' effect, which can be very pretty, also it looks like a lamination (or de-lamination).
it looks like patsy Taylor. time to google some more..... EDIT - There is a patsytaylor.com
I have about 25 mint boxes of 2005 buffalo nickels that i can't sell for what I paid for them. I tried listing some on ebay at what I paid...
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