My guess is that your coin was struck with a grease-filled die. Makes it worth 1.0000001 times as much as if it were well struck.
Actually, with the lowest mintage of the series (90-million) your cu-ni coin is worth at least 35¢.
The copper plating on US cents is too thin for the thickness (or weight) differential to be discerned without very sensitive laboratory measuring...
Y#73, with a reeded edge, was only minted for 8 years - 1951-58, but with a 1954 mint output of 520,900,000, highest of the series by ~10%, it's...
Lots and lots of Chinese counterfeits infest Ebay.au, but that's the first time I've seen an Aussie selling on the Canadian site.
I don't think anyone has ever misunderstood one of my posts more thoroughly! My "sad" comment was on the concept of buying the books without any...
Ooops! I missed it on the first run-through, but there it is - KM#123, 50 fils, 5g of .500 silver, a one-year issue dated 1959-1378. The 23mm...
Now that's sad, in the same league with trading in unopened rolls of coins that might contain key dates/varieties. Sorry guys, I consider that...
It's really only necessary to post a single thread for a single question. I won't repeat the partial answer I posted in your other thread.
I think the dating on the piece is 1959-1378, all in Arabic script - the character you are reading as an "0" is actually a "5". Islamic year 1378...
The USS San Francisco was one of the largest naval vessels in Pearl Harbor to emerge unscathed from the surprise attack on December 7, 1941. Her...
Roman Imperial Coinage? "RIC" refers to the ID numbering system in a catalog of Roman coins which appears to be as well known within the ancients...
Couple of questions -When does the contest end?Enter by post or PM?What's the prize?
Issued May 21, 1930, demonetized March 2, 1946, #11-46 in the Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn. Catalog. The portrait is of Wake no Kiyomaro,...
gbroke seems to have disappeared. His last post was on 6/22, about an hour after his final contribution to this thread. He was averaging more...
The OP coin: [IMG][IMG] The unquestionably genuine coin: [IMG][IMG] Doug is soooooooo right!
Found this in this morning's LA Times.A truck carrying about $2.5 million in euro coins overturned in southern Ialy, unloading its contents onto...
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That's exactly what happens to me whenever I try to read this thread from the New Posts list. I got here by copyng the URL that shows up when I...
Okay, I'm confused. Can you tell us more about the Mercuries in a dime holder which are not silver dimes?
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