Yes--I think that was the same book, except mine had a red cover (not the real Red Book lol). As a kid, that book got my hopes up so high, later...
However, the very reason this symbol offends some people today...is due to history, its prominent usage by a brutal and repressive regime. Symbols...
Agreed--and for as long as I remember there's been this absurd aspect to error collecting. I recall several decades ago, there was an "error" book...
Thanks...I am pushing maximum resolution on a 36mpx camera with a very sharp macro lens. And circulated silver is one of the harder surfaces to...
Just as some more info, the overdates pictured above are from Mexico, Sweden, Belgium, Australia, Norway, USA, and Peru.
Nice pic! I believe that's Showa year 49 or 1974....
The handwork evident on mid-1800s US coins is really interesting--and it's similar on many European coins from the period. Overall, it depends a...
Oh yeah--that's your coin! I hope you don't mind me using the picture--it's a great example. :)
Thanks! Yes--an overdate just means a die from a previous year was reused and the new date added--it can be any combination of numbers, such as my...
I specialize in overdates, and have assembled a poster of images that show a few of the most common diagnostics for overdates. In other words,...
It wasn't me, but I know a collector who found an Austria gold Ducat in a roll of nickels--that's $129 of gold currently.
What trap? Look--if someone were selling this coin, the burden of proof would be on them to prove it's genuine. I actually posted some visual...
The "coin" in question looks terrible--there's missing/wrong details everywhere. There are also toning spots on the NGC picture absent on that...
You're welcome to report it to the Secret Service or Treasury :rolleyes::depressed::cyclops:
I demonstrated it is nothing more than damage. :)
I will accept no less for my exceedingly rare error: ;) [IMG]
So I took 5 minutes, a file, and made a coin very similar to yours--cost me $0.01, value the same. [IMG] It's because we respect the hobby that...
Yes, I only provided a single graded example of the mintmark area, but that's not because I "cherrypicked" one coin with the intent to contradict...
Damage to a zinc-core cent--the photos are self-explanatory. :)
Well, what you state does not explain why the shape of the "C" punch is vastly different on this coin. Before I posted, I studied several dozen...
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