My understanding he bought the blanks from the same supplier of the mint, so the planchets are the same the home made dies are what are illegal.
They are made out of nickel planchets. The 1944 no only was missing the P mintmark but should have been silver but was nickel. It is said...
First welcome to the forum. I'll have to agree with most statements sais so far. Really need to get a good pic to determine if there is...
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Ditto! LOL
I agree with you this is not a good policy. I just noticed that statement from ebay under payment options when I listed an item which I had not...
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I thought they where produced by CONECA? Been looking for them myself with no luck. Used to see them all the time about 10 years ago for around...
Don't forget about the 'junk bins' where all the 2x2s are thrown into a bucket at bargain basement priced. found many a nice varieties and error...
Yep!! I was going to say the 69D is the Holy Grail of the Full Step collectors. I was looking for the artical from a few years back where someone...
Here is an old post on this nickel if interested. http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t36571/
There is also the 43/2 to look for and lots of RPM's.
Welcom to the forum. Hope this picture helps.
Hadn't really thought much about the series couldn't really remember many of the designs so had to look them up. The list of worst was harder to...
Easiest - Jefferson Nickels Hardest - Fully struck Full Step Jefferson Nickels
Just looked on the Mint wed site. Here is what is written under the U08 set. "Uncirculated coins are struck on special presses using greater...
I may be mistaken but I believe all the coins in the U08 mint set are Satin Finish! getting business strike coins since the mint started the Satin...
I think the FS designation was driven by collector pressure on the TPG's not the TPG's pushing it on the collector! There where Full Step...
You have 5 P mint Satin finish and 5 D mint Satin Finish as well that makes 30!
6 1938 Nickels if you want to count the D/S Buffalo. 1939 Jeffersons have 6 business strike varieties 8 counting proofs. 2004 & 2005 Westward...
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