There was a recent post just a few back. I agree with Cutler. If you read the thread you would understand that a smaller coin can't be minted on...
It's a scratched up nickel. 5 cents.
Neither coin is slab worthy. The nickel is basically silver melt value. From the photo the obverse appears damaged. While the proof Franklin is...
At least there was a highlight. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
50 cents. Apart from the ULTRA rare 1960-D small date over large date, the only coin of these 4 varieties that is worth more than face value is...
That stain on the left and possible pin holes in the right edge center field are not desirable. The first note is very nice. If the pen mark...
Also a good idea. ^^^^^ If it was me, I would put a nicer coin in the jewelry. But a bezel is def. possible here. I wasn't thinking as usual.
Nothing to apologize for. You came to the right place for confirmation. This coin has been damaged it's worth a penny. If there is a sentimental...
Appears to be spooned. If it is a zinc cent, the plating has been removed, and that color is zinc, not silver.
It's not silver. If a 1943 dime planchet was struck as a cent by mistake, then it could be silver but it would be dime sized with incomplete rims...
Here are the specs for the Canadian cent (1936) Alloy 95.5% copper 3% tin 1.5% zinc Weight 3.24 grams Diameter 19.05 mm Here are the specs for the...
You can't strike one side of a coin. Someone took some kind of tool and smoothed/ground out that side. It's damage.
Do you have a photo of this 1936 on 1936, US/ Canadian coin? The only Canadian coin I see that was produced at a US Mint was the 1968 nickel. So...
I didn't realize the Chinese were faking this. I was thinking about the original. How can you make a counterfeit of a coin, where only 1 exists,...
It's not an aluminum plated coin. If the coin is silver plated, nickel or mercury plated it will sort of look like the color of aluminum foil.
If this coin was an accident as Condor says then I have more respect for it. I don't like those errors that are intentionally manufactured. I...
I knew that one sold for like a quarter million dollars, but I was thinking perhaps condition, and that there were lesser known examples. 4 known...
How does a Canadian penny find its way into the US mint and get struck? Or vice versa? They have their own mint. While we make coins for other...
The 1959 mule cent? Oh yes I see you are correct. That's a completely different color. I was talking about the famous one.
My feeling is that the forger used a real US cent copper blank/planchet. He claimed to have made the 2 dies via (spark erosion?) And even though...
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