Maybe I'm over optimistic, but I am willing to say he has a coin. ;) What he doesn't have is a D mint mark....:D
Not seeing a mint mark
I was hoping for laser eye FDR… but yeah there’s raised metal. PMD.
why skeptical? The ability to do precisely that is as old as coins themselves.
What year is the coin with the divot? The edges remind me a lot of a plating blister that’s popped and the zinc below is rotting. That would be...
Is there a nickel from that year with the proper die rotation? Even in the 1930s the presses were able to pump out hundreds of millions of coins...
Doesn't the scientific method try and prove something isn't a thing and its only accepted when the other options are proven not to be?
Only one way to find out.... you've been told the stove is hot, gonna touch it?
I agree. Collect what makes you happy. For me it’s US, Foreign, and Ancient. I really only do collections within my US coins though. Peace...
I’m putting in a vote for a coin that was underground for a while. It has more of that look to me than the few black beauties I’ve seen.
The 2 in 1982 is the tell for me. The diagonal of the two is straight on a large and curved on a small. @Inspector43 wouldnt a copper small date...
That’s a large date
Oh I know... we're coin collectors. I'm a youngin' at 47.... :) It was an honest question. I think thats why there's not a huge push to...
I’m pretty sure Doug played a role in the creation of the universe…
Also not a huge fan of the designs which is somewhat weird for me. I’m usually ok with the modern designs. There were a couple dime obverses...
As a momentary, admitted hi jack of the thread…. @psuman08 ’s post kinda made me wonder, how many members here were alive the last time we had...
Very much MD…. Flat and shelf like, devices are narrower rather than thicker…. I am less certain about this one and welcome correction from the...
Flat and shelf like. Also, true doubling makes the devices larger, these are smaller. Mechanical doubling.
The fact alone that there's reeding on the edge where that indent should tell them its PMD
I agree with @SensibleSal66 …. The microscope I tried was pretty close to awful. With some practice and lots of trial and error I get pretty good...
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