Trouble getting a coin out of a flip flop? Nudge it out with the wooden end of a Q-tip bearing on one side of the coin.
This is a good example of "In Photos We Cannot Trust." What is called a better picture of Coin A is just an example of how lighting can deceive....
I do see the diagonal line between the P & L that might be a line crack, but the series of super enlargements are just confusing. Looking at a...
It's just a worn out old token with no indication of its face value, certainly not a face that would sink a ship.
It needs a face lift.
It's like the previous thread. If we find too many anomalies, most might merely be "run of the mill."
It's like counting how many angels can dance on top of a needle.
Interesting to see current day technology---but we often look at products that did not have that technology.
With ATMs doling out $20 bills, I would there would more of them around.
Evan8's 1875 Rev shows a more explicit phenomenon of raised straight lines, not quite parallel, but often at right angles. Since they mostly...
Although I keep hoping to find a valuable coin in my father's batch of old coins, I'm also intrigued with the history of circulated coins and am...
Conder noted a detail to match the many faces of the fickle matron to determine the last two numbers of the date. That may be the only way peg the...
The problem may be caused by grease.
In what little I can see in the motto, the first T seems to be well away from the ribbon, making it the large 1864. In grading it barely makes AG
I think you are all on the wrong tack. The hole on the Reverse appears to be well centered. Certainly not a random spot. If it were pellets,...
I apologize. I was confused on which coin was which. It is the first coin which has badly worn Obverse.
It certainly looks like a Bugs Bunny Variety with a good looking Obverse. A better focused Reverse would help. Retry using a diffused light source.
It looks like your light source is close to being a point source and the illumination appears to be centered on the top. A diffused light source...
The second coin shows excessive wear of the shield on Reverse: the horizontal lines have disappeared.
The questionable coin has practically no rim. No acid attack could do that so neatly. Jim A
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