Looks like severe Die Deterioration to me.
Robert, what you have is a damaged coin.. what you are seeing is raised area caused by the metal movement. When you scratch a coin the metal that...
Confirmed. Keep looking, there has to be more out there.
Beat ya old buddy.. I am at 5.8%
Nice Snag.
Thats a FMC coin. Ford Motor Company. Was made in a steel mill downriver from Detroit back in the day. I know.. bad humor... as everyone...
I would assume based on what the OP stated that this is silver. Therefore there should be reeding on the coin. If that is in fact true, then I...
The coin has seen excessive heat applied. There is another one on the CONECA website. I see these all the time at the table when doing shows.
I have to agree with Desertgem on this coin. Its MD or die deterioration doubling, whatever you want to call it this week. Notice the Pic that...
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Yes we have a CONECA table in the front row as you enter the doors. Ken is planning on being there as well.
79 looks like its a glue residue to me. The 87D is die deterioration doubling. The 89D is hard to tell with the photo as is the reverse photo.
The big DDO's are still out in the wild. I know personally somebody who in the last couple of years has found all three. 1955DDO, 1972DDO and...
The coin has glue on it.
Sold at Heritage in 2006 for $138k. From Heritage Auction: "Interestingly, the consignor of this piece also owns two of those coins, a 1993-D...
I didn't say anything about being common, I said that the coin 59 Wheat Cent is plausible. The article I linked said "1" I don't see where you got...
Wasn't in reference to you Rick. Just a general statement on how people are treated when it happens.. Like the whole Penny thing. A person...
Hey Rick.. Its plausible that there was a 1959 Wheat Cent minted. HERE It would be called a mule.. Also I read it just as the person typing...
The coin in the OP post is a CUD, rather nice one at that. When a cud is created you have to think backwards. there is a piece of the die that...
OP, Please don't get discouraged from the hunt. This is a tough crowd, they mean well but some sit atop pedestals that they themselves have...
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