...and then the bank teller handed me a roll of small discs, saying, "Here, take this."
OK, you succeeded in baiting me into one final comment. I am inured to argumentum ab auctoritate. Coins that were "known" to be "impossible" to...
Six found in one roll. A pity, the 1951-D looks like it might have been a decent coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So, basically, if I have an opinion that differs from the accepted wisdom, everything else I say is prejudged to be fallacious. OK, good to know....
Thank you for your opinion, much appreciated.
I've heard that explanation and I'm sure this will annoy a lot of people, but I don't buy it. I'm speaking as someone who spent a major chunk of...
Well, they used something that created the microscopic engraving artifacts that cause cartwheel luster to happen.
Here are some photos. Not the best quality, genuine Q/D work, right down to a hair on my finger! Notes: A few of the obverse, some showing how...
I guess anything is possible, but I highly doubt it. It doesn't look plated (which ultimately means nothing), but the weight and dimensions are...
Thanks. I was a bit incoherent -- sleep deficit, been dealing with a protracted R/L crisis. I was thinking there might have been a piece of scrap,...
No, it's a nice clean strike. That wouldn't have made it magnetic, either. I wasn't suggesting that an SBA planchet was used, just that the same...
PS: The magnet seems to have a stronger attraction at the edge than the faces.
It's 5.7g. I am still researching... I am thinking it may be "Magnimat" which the Mint experimented with while still designing the SBA dollar. It...
Update! (If anyone is still reading this thread) -- I think it has a nickel core -- on a sudden brainstorm, I took a magnet too it. It was...
I'm still going through my quarters (they have grown like Topsy over the past few years, argh...) -- A few things have stood out while I've been...
PS: No way of knowing, but I wonder if this is from the "Great American Coin Hunt"? My last few rolls of quarters have yielded several State/ATB...
Thanks for all the input, folks! I've been taking everything in, reading all the linked material, examining the coin, and scratching my head....
This turned up recently, I've never seen anything like it. (I have seen my share of "casino" quarters and halves, but this looks nothing like...
He got dumped before he finished making a ring for her. :)
Well, yeah, as long as you're the guy who has the nice ones and not the cruddy ones! (A few minutes ago, while trying to catch up on my backlog...
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