Don't you just hate when people don't get your joke and you have to explain it? :banghead: It happens to me all the time :wacky:
Entry post @Eric the Red thank you very much
If you've learned something about the minting process and errors, then it wasn't a waste of time (maybe trying of people's patience, but sometimes...
Please don’t over think this. It was struck on a half dollar planchet that was slightly underweight (strip rolled too thin). It CAN”T be any of...
@Jimm When asking for help, making your post easy to read and understand makes it easier for people to help you. They are already committing...
I bought a couple bulk lots of these in the 90's (maybe from Frank Robinson) and paid about $4-5 each (I have another 5-6 that aren't in the...
Mine are in lower grades but are all diff dates and mints. (quarter for scale) [ATTACH]
Here is what John Wexler has to say about mechanical double on his website www.doubleddie.com (click the worthless doubling tab on the left). He...
@Nathan Kristan Many of the members who regularly answer questions are very knowledgeable of the minting process. They are telling you that...
Sorry, but it's mechanical doubling and has no extra value. The "doubled" area is flat and there are no split serifs. Here is a good explanation...
Good purchase IMO Mine are in the upper left of my Ancient/medieval/world coin bookshelf. I love a good reference book [ATTACH]
Au contraire @Rafique The US mint never struck a foreign coin with that shape and size in the 70s and 80s [ATTACH]
Don't worry, when I scrape together an extra $75,000-100,000, one of those puppies is going in my basement. No household should be without an SEM :D
You're seeing split plating around the bust and letters where the zinc is showing. Your coin also has a lot of small plating bubbles Here is an...
Looks like Wexler's 1945-S WRPM-001 "Best of variety" On www.doubleddie.com and RPM-002 on variety vista
I got mine about 10 years ago. Part of my "Basic" colonial type set (trying to get 1 coin from each Redbook category) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Always great news when major surgery goes well I'm picking 44. That's my son's number on his college bball team. He is the only one of my 3...
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@Kevin Farley Did you ever get your other rare finds authenticated. Over the past year or so, you've posted the following 1921 Zerbe or Chapman...
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