Well, seems that the steel metal sheets were dipped in zinc (galvanized). But when punched out during blanking, the edges were bare steel leaving...
I found and already knew about the reprocessing, but I cant find how the zinc coating was applied to the 1943 metal sheets. Were they dipped in...
I have tried researching this online. My understanding is that zinc cents are "plated," but 1943 cents are "coated." Or... If they are both...
Would love to see some modern examples. Thanks.
Very worn and damaged. But please be very specific about what you would like to know.
He did. It is spelled out very clearly in his book on the 100 Greatest U.S. Mint Errors. It is among the many sources describing such matters.
As I tell my students, "just because you have never heard about or didn't know it, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Here you go. Not the same. Not even close. If they were the same, why would all the Mints put them through an upsetting mill? To waste time and...
There is actually a type 2 blank as well as a type 1, plus a type 2 planchet
If that side of the blank was struck? I don't understand what you mean. I have many coins struck on blanks, and many of them are broadatrikes....
Blanks don't have a rim added; planchets do.
ANACS lists this as a type 1 planchet, for which there is no such thing. Did they mean type 1 blank? If so, why do i think i see a rim on the...
Any denomination. Doing research for a book.
I ALWAYS look at coins in antique shops. The biggest problem is that the vendor is hardly ever there that owns it, which complicates negotiations...
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That practice is not uncommon. Sellers panic that it won't sell for what they want it to and cancel. You never get an explanation.
Agreed. That is an 8
You would have the only known coin of any denomination with a "D" Mintmark. But you don't have that. Back then, mintmarks were hand-punched with...
But that is not what happened with yours. Nothing was struck into it.
That raised area is definitely not a foreign object struck into and retained in the coin. If it were, there would be depressions around the...
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