If it is indeed a 1996-P, then it is not a proof. I cannot tell from the photos what the mintmark is, but it does look to me that the coin might...
It appears to be a cast of a 1985 cent to me. Likely someone's art or science experiment. Someone may have a different idea, but it is not an mint...
Grease filled die would be my guess.
Thank you for correcting quickly. I typed medallic and phone thought metallic was a better spelling.. LOL
I corrected that. I posted off my smartphone and stupid autocorrect put in metallic. I saw it too late to stop the original post
What you are describing is called coin orientation. That is the way the US mints its coins. Other countries use medallic orientation where the...
Likely some science experiment done in a school. I remember some electroplating experiments back in the day in high school.
I have misplaced coins over the years. Thankfully nothing rare or high value. Two come to mind as the most irritatingly memorable. One was about...
Foreign coins, in particular the coinage of Spain and France, freely circulated in the United States as legal tender until foreign coins were...
ASE's do have a face value of $1 and could be spent as such. I do agree that grading them is an academic exercise and is really a tool to increase...
Great find. This one looks like it sat in a piggy bank for a bunch of years or some youngster broke into their parent coin collection for spending...
I agree with Collecting Nut. Very clearly a tellers stamp.
Still hard for me to tell. Look at it under a loop or magnifying glass. If that line above the O and N is raised then it could be from a cracked die.
The most recent photo. It looks like it might be a die break, but I cannot tell if it is actually raised or if it is merely a black line. There is...
Looks like a possible die crack just above the "N" to me.
I think they have a great appeal. Here is the one that I have. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Not a new idea actually. There was a coin shop or two when I was a kid that had a gumball machine with coins in the little plastic "ball"...
I did indeed have a smile on my face. I knew as soon as the clerk put the change into my hand that there was a silver quarter there. I told the...
I have been collecting coins for over 40 years. I got this back in change at a convenience store on Saturday. After all these years the...
I received a 2 cent euro (France) back in change a couple years ago.
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