If I am not mistaken, lapping is a process used to polish metal.
IMHO no UNC Susan B is worth $7.50
This is a common trick used by slab counterfeiters. Match your counterfeit coin to a genuine slab, and the uninformed as well as those too lazy to...
If the lines are raised, those are die polish lines on the reverse. The easiest way to understand this is to look at how the coin is...
I hope that you either didn't pay much, or that you can return it, because as physicsfan3.14 said, the slab is fake, and likely the coin is as well.
if Mint Sets are different, as in something to get into, then please explain the reason that the 1983-P Washington Quarter in MS-66 (not available...
and how many people do you think were saving multiple coins for each state? Now take the total minted and divide by 140 Million. How many per...
The only person with estimates this high is the guy selling them on HSN, and he is only trying to hype their desirability. 10 Million is more the...
Or maybe the interest plunged because people were disappointed with the quality of the strike of the Dime and it's size (it was supposed to be the...
that date is brutal, Frank! Did you identify this as a counterfeit because it didn't match the ones you had as a kid???
I have an 1838 version of this same coin! It has a lettered edge as well, but for this date, that is not correct.
MS65... maybe 66 No FS
XF/AU in my book
I like the way you're thinking... I was focusing completely on the OP's question as to it being struck on a nickel planchet. The weight would help...
That's kind of the point, Chris. If the planchet was a nickel (undersized) the rim wouldn't be present.
PMD= Post Mint Damage In other words, it was a regular quarter, and someone did this to it
I'll say 65
what makes you think it was struck on a nickel planchet? The coin looks like PMD to me. If you think about how these coins are manufactured, a...
I cannot speak to authenticity, but the coin is of the design of a mormon gold coin. They are listed in the RedBook, and the gold content is...
Thanks, guys. Great info! Does anyone know what this piece should weigh?
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