Because it is out of collar too. You can see the "railroad rim" between like 3 and 6 on the 2nd picture.
My family and I visited the Philly mint in the fall of 2017. They were making cents and quarters the day we went. I wish I could've taken pictures...
Where is the smoothing done? Just for my own knowledge.
It doesn't look tooled or smoothed to me. Then again, I'm not anywhere near an expert.
Not sure how old your daughter is, buy my son is 10 and getting off screens is quite the challenge. Coins have been a great way to do that. Though...
That is a great collection! My son loves cash coins and has quite a good sized collection. We had a lot of fun identifying them as well. I like...
That's not something I've seen before. Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
That's a cool one!
I've found several blank planchets in bank boxes over the years. Not common. But not out of the realm of possibility.
I did all mine as pre-bids. That way I could peruse them, see what I liked, bid my max I was comfortable and then not worry about it. Not sure if...
Not a very good fake IMO. Here is my real one for comparison: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Still scummy trying to scam people.
Dang that is quite a ding. The dragon and griffin are suuuuper expensive now. It was nice buying them in 2016-2019ish when silver was super low....
Open it :) You only live once :)
Thanks. I thought I was done with the Greyhound. Wasn't expecting the "Complete Collection" coin.
Hey now...Let's not say "We"...I most definitely wouldn't pay to have a coin graded :P
I got lucky that I was able to start at the beginning. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it. The prices for the older pieces are cost prohibitive...
How you gonna post that and not show the reverse??? o_0
And the rest: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The final 2oz coin arrived today. The "Complete Collection" coin. Honestly, When they started this series back in 2016, I didn't think ole' Lizzy...
A solid denarius for $39! I agree with @dougsmit , a little change in the lighting could really make the details pop.
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