As a generally rule, damaged areas are recessed, die cracks and die polish marks are raised. Occasionally, a ding or hit can result in an area of...
@lordmarcovan have a good explanation. Your coin was plated AFTER it left the mint. Therefore, it's not an error. In fact, the plating is...
It would be easy to hit the ignore button, but then newer members would never know that you cheat other members. We don't want you to take...
@Michael K These are not new finds. Most of the 70s San Francisco proof errors came from a sale by the State of CA after getting approval from...
Sorry Joy, but these are replicas, I still have some that I got when I was a kid and visited a Revolutionary War site. One easy way to tell that...
The mods have stated on a number of occasions that they will have no involvement in the BST forum other than making it available to members....
Why don't you take some of that money and pay back @Garlicus the money you owe him. As you are well aware, posts/opinions from a person who is a...
@Kevin Farley It seems you've been on this site last night (Tuesday 8/11) and would have had a chance to see the initial comments regarding your...
It looks like another creation by the San Francisco Midnight Minter from the early 70s. While these are spectacular "errors", I just can't get...
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Not quite. It's a form of die deterioration http://www.error-ref.com/?s=Indirect
I bet he found it in the ground. :hilarious::p:D:woot::yack::banghead::happy::confused::wacky: Sorry, couldn't resist (I've been told not to...
Did you check www.doubleddie.com or www.varietyvista.com first. These sites offer a comprehensive listing of known doubled dies, and you'll get...
Notice all of the radial flow lines still present on the 1988-P (lines moving towards the rim). That's a characteristic of a very worn die....
Flat, wide, and mushy letters. Rim starting told over. Lots of random marks/hits. Looks like a dryer coin to me.
FYI - tungsten is used as the core of gold plated fakes because it has an equivalent specific gravity to gold. It is almost double the specific...
There is a lot of corrosion, which always makes attribution difficult, but the R in LIBERTY doesn't come close to matching FS -01. So you don't...
Maybe, but I was seeing them with some regularity, so there were probably a number of dies that cracked in this area. If I recall correctly, the...
1964 SMS coins are incredibly rare. They were discovered in the estate of a former mint director in the late 80s. These were purchased by a well...
Did you find anything on www.varietyvista.com. www.doubleddie.com or the Lincoln cent resource site?
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