That's my dime!
A couple of years ago, I posted Lonesome John's classic table of expected weights of coins struck on wrong stock. I find it invaluable. Here it...
Actually, I think this has a pretty good chance of being struck on dime stock. The Lonesome John chart calculates the weight of a half struck on...
A scotch and soda set will sound very different than a regular half. The easiest way to take them apart is shaking it in a glass. (Yeah magic is...
I continue to say that the grading companies do a disservice to the coin owners when they don't use the more common nomenclature on the slabs. NGC...
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Beautiful coin! It's too bad NGC didn't show it as on half dollar stock. According to the classic Lonesome John table a clad quarter on half...
The 70-D quarter on dime stock is, by far, the most common wrong stock error. Interestingly, I think it becomes more collectible because of this....
I'm guessing - and it is a guess - 75 - 100. Jon Sullivan said he has sold about 30 over the years. These things are, unfortunately, frequently...
Your thoughts here have merit. I will say, though, that if there was ever going to be an accidental, 2 reverse coin, the early days of the Euro...
I've been doing this so long that I rarely can afford to make any additions or upgrades to my collection. (This is why my recent emphasis has been...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's a good one for comparison..... I believe this one weighed 3.2 gr, but not sure.
PMD Stands for "post mint damage", which is what happened to this coin. Sorry for the bad news.
[ATTACH][ATTACH] My price range was referring to either a struck cladless core, shown above, or a foreign copper planchet. I honestly don't know...
Hurdset, Coming in as a new member its tough, but we all go through it. A real 95 copper dime could easily be worth 1,000 - 3,000, BUT the odds...
[ATTACH] Here's your chance to start a date set!
You might have something or you may have somebody playing with his new grinder. A picture is an absolute necessity and the weight is also important,
This is not particularly a slam at the OP - he only posted this morning. I've never understood the reticence to get a simple weight to determine...
Rick, can you zoom out and show us a macro view for perspective? Thanks
Nice find! Decent MADs, i.e. ones you can see without a magnifying glass, are underappreciated in my opinion.
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