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I use a good 10X jewelers loupe , if one's eyesight is ok this is plenty good enough.
looks like the die that struck this coin was worn out.
yes they relisted the darn thing. I told the seller what he has and only worth one cent It's untelling what one may see on Ebay . I have seen...
It's not the doubled ear . this one probably took a hit on the ear
congrats silentnviolet
I believe you are right about these not being called a mint error because even if it happened at the mint the coins had already been struck.
Rick a lot of folks including me think the incuse letters from the coins got pushed into other coins from a pile up in the edge lettering...
thats a good one
well since the coin is dated 1984 from what the photos shows it does not have a chance to be the 84 doubled ear. If it had been dated 1997 then it...
some folks think these extra letters on the edge of the new dollars come from the ejection system of the edge lettering machine. I don't know if...
now that would be awesome to find a shield nickle in a bank roll of coins. I bet that old coin was really banged up
I have found that the easiest way for me to tell the difference between the wide and close AM is to look at how far the seperation is in the...
sorry it looks like it may be the normal wide AM , it's hard to say for sure from the photos
Oh no , this is starting to look like it may be option three in the thread title
Hi Rick , it could be from the 80's it definately looks like one of the zincolns. just a few more posts and I will hit that big 2000 mark. LOL
looks like it may be a 1997 doubled ear
non cents I'm thru with this thread and this is my last post on it. you are trying to rely on google too much .what you are missing is that a die...
non cents all late stage die caps are not alike at all . I have confidence in you . keep trying and you will learn more all the time as you get...
I suppose we can still learn new things no matter how long we have been at it. I have been a art glass and coin collector for right at 50 years...
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