People are serious about this issue. You cant/won't see it because you are so obsessed with pushing your draconian "fix" and believing most...
New collectors use this site to get information and hopefully learn and grow in the hobby. Many members feel that it's important that the...
You want the 1982-D copper small date. 6+ BILLION cents minted in Denver that year. Only 2 copper small dates found
Absolutely correct. However, if you look at post #12, a new member jumped in yesterday to this 11 year old thread and had a question regarding a...
The verdict is still out :D
The obverse is a rim cud I can't see any displaced metal on the rev, so I'm leaning towards strike through, but am not certain
I can't think of anything that could occur during the striking process that would stretch the coin and leave the raised line on the right side....
One detail to consider, the PVC doesn't cause the green slime residue, it is the plasticizer used to soften the PVC that reacts with moisture to...
Blanks are punched from clad strips which are rolled to a specified thickness. If the strip is a little thicker/thinner, or if there are...
They are printed sequentially. In 9/14, the BEP started printing L76800001W. When they got to L96000000W, they started L00000001X until they quit...
The serial number AND the last letter go together. Sept 2014 is the print date for San Francisco FRN with serial numbers 76800001W and 12800000X
You sound like you're ready to become a member of The Secret Circle of Free and Accepted of Organic Chemistry Fanciers. Brother @Kentucky should...
German Notgeld from Menden with an ice age cave bear skeleton. [ATTACH]
It's better to give the last correct answer than the first wrong answer. Just something for precocious young numismatists to consider ;)
Somebody took some sandpaper or other type of abrasive and ground off the copper plating. Damage, not an error BTW: zinc rot is when the zinc...
I seem to recall another new member with the same MO about 18-24 months ago. Posts an obviously Damaged coin, but insists it's an error. Wants to...
NO! The outer layers of the clad strip is composed of an alloy of 75Cu25Ni (75% copper 25% nickel). When exposed to various environmental...
Sorry but your coin suffered environmental damage. There is nothing in the minting process that will produce a coin with that appearance. if it...
Looks like a debris filled die to me. Nice find
@Duckshine1 Some of the members answering your question have decades of collecting experience and are very knowledgeable of the minting and die...
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