that's pretty funny - i'm sure you piqued some interest, even if just for a few minutes. I saw the title and thought this was going somewhere...
to answer your question, no, the minor error you have shouldn't add any value to it. But more broadly, the 'toning' is clearly from something...
Yikes! The 19877 XF45 was beautiful; replacement is just breathtaking. would you mind PM'ing me how much of a trade in you got for the XF - i...
amazing as usual Charmy.
i agree, retained lamination - interesting but some people consider it defective planchet, and thus less desirable than a non-defective planchet....
for what it is worth - this cud is not listed in The Cud Book by Thurman & Margolis.
Yikes! 52 different cuds/retained die cuds for the 1940-S wheat cents in my book, a very common date/mint mark for this error.
any ebay seller knows their sales are based on supply & demand. Are there any of these coins on ebay right now? maybe a couple. no supply!...
haha - tell ebay they are non-collectible ...
Could be scratch on the die? There is a very similar looking problem on an Indian cent (can't remember which year off hand). Might depend on...
Buy a book or two before you buy the coin.
I'm with jonthecoinjunky. 2nd one had something spilled on it; PMD. Not sure I see anything on the '64 either.
Thanks for sharing, I was curious what problem it has. It was cleaned as someone else guessed. Did you say you got it from an uncirc bank roll...
Just a note that laminations and die breaks are very common on war nickels due to the composition.
and as far as i know, when they use 'details', it could have a scratch, a rim ding, corrosion, nicks, or even cleaned. In any of these cases, the...
I think ANACS uses RB for Red Brown, and BR could just be short for Brown.
I have all the Snow books on indian cent varieties. Send me a picture or even description and year if you can. Some years have just two...
My motto on here is "share the coins, not the location". I have shared some pretty cool coins on here but don't keep them in my home. I have a...
How would you know that a few hairline scratches on a slab were polished off?
me too! Hey, what section of Walmart will we be looking in???
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