It looks like a clash mark (from the C in Cent) and not PMD.
How can a DDR be unique? Wouldn't there be many coins by the mere fact that a Die had doubling? Wouldn't that have struck more than a single coin?
They can also be found in Mint Souvenir Sets from their respective years, but many of those are dogs as well.
something missing from this conversation is the belief, either correct or not, that a toned coin has not been cleaned. with today's commercial...
MS-63
Here's a couple more[ATTACH][ATTACH] That bottom reflection is my finger. :)
Here are a few more pictures, as I had promised. I wanted to highlight the mirrors this time[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Sent from my iPhone using...
MS-65
The "S" Mint burnished is the key. The "W" Mint burnished was sold separately.
I think that it is possible that the coin was struck through something. I would think a cloth more likely than grease, but it does not resemble...
One doesn't seem to support the other... Canada prints $5,000 bills and they don't seem to be the capital of drug cartels, nor are they the...
is this an amateur question or does it not matter that it never was issued?
Can you clear this up as well? Several in this thread have mentioned frost breaks across the stars and the devices as reasons why the coins will...
Thanks to all of you for your help. I welcome anything else that anyone has to add, and if we decide to have the coin graded, I'll let you know as...
I labeled them. I work in the coin shop that bought them. The fields have really deep mirror surfaces, but I am not as knowledgeable on Morgans...
they were lit in the exact same box under the exact same angles (as close as I could manage). I also tried as best I could to not enhance the...
I found these coins in some Morgan Dollars at my local shop. Do you think that any of them will make DMPL if graded? Why? Or why...
me too... LOL
Kurt, I think that New England presents a unique opportunity to literally discover or find genuine coins in places that they have been tucked away...
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