For inexpensive coins (like your 43 Steel), cardboard 2x2 holders work fine. I still have coins that I put in 2x2s in the mid 70s that look the...
Silver clad was only used on 40% silver halves (1965-70) and some Ike dollars sold by the mint. There may have been some Bicentennial Halves and...
Vise Job. Somebody squeezed some coins together in a vise. PMD
@DarkRage666 Buy a copy of this book. Nearly every experienced collector of US coins had one when they started. Filed with lots and lots of...
Sorry, but your coin is not an error, it's damage. The copper plating around the rim was worn/abraded away and the underlying zinc core has...
The 2 pics of the edge look like they are from different coins. If the copper core is recessed into the edge, then it was in contact with a...
There are a couple of ways, but they all involve time, study, and experience. The first thing is to read and study as much as you can about the...
Better not give up your day job for a career in Numismatic Comedy. Just sayin' ;) :dead:
Absolutely not a die chip. Only PMD. The mm suffered a hit that pushed the metal up after it left the mint, as others have said. Copper is a...
Ren wax is used frequently on ancient coins, but it isn't really accepted by US coin collectors. I'm not positive, but you may have issues with a...
Back in the late 70s, I had to take a technical drawing class as part of the Industrial Arts requirements in Jr High School (in the days before...
Very likely that it was struck on a slightly overweight planchet. Technically, it would be an error, but at 0.01 gms over the tolerance, it...
Wish I could give you more likes @JeffC I strongly recommend any collectors interested in learning about errors/varieties book mark that site....
Sorry, but it just looks like an environmentally damaged coin that had a bad encounter with something corrosive. Not an error of any kind
Not coin related, but an interesting book if want to read more about the German Hyperinflation. [IMG] Carrying money in baskets [IMG] Going...
Nice looking coin. Nothing wrong with posting coins from your collection that you like.
Gotta love the 1/10 oz K-Rand. :woot:.
It does appear to be a die crack and lamination. Cool error, but there really isn't much of a premium (if any) over the silver melt value....
One way to get a reasonable estimate is to measure the length of the coin from the opposite rim to the edge of the clip (Vernier calipers work...
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