Sensible, Mine is very bright, not subdued and does not have the surface wear the one in your pictures seem to have. When I bought it as a kid I...
Thanks Paddy... I thought they ran a Bicentennial series that was gold plated? I'm pretty sure they did for the higher denominations but not...
Delam would be caused from the planchet having a flaw in its creation, right? More than likely this coin got into some chemical which has been...
I've had this coin for a very long time and was going through my meager collection when I rediscovered it. Is is a gold-plated dime? It weighs...
Under the scope the coin appears as though it is peeling at spots. The arrows point to the line of apparent detachment. The oval area appears as...
So I know this is a well worn cent. I am going through my coins inherited from my grandfather. He did not take good care of his coins but I...
Yes... Wide AM. This is a Close AM (from a 1994)... Touching/almost touching: [ATTACH]
Holy moly!! I think I now know what paddy meant!! Magnification is not your friend! Especially when the lens distorts the image... ~Rob
You will often see the same exposure around the lettering and the date/mint mark on zinc cents. ~Rob
I'm a novice at this but I don't think that is cracking from the die. It is the zinc being exposed. Maybe from the process of the coin making...
The area you circled appears not to be raised as it should be. I believe every human being can be wrong from time to time... even the experts....
When I see posts from Fred it brings thoughts of "The Mandalorian"... "I have spoken," or "This is the way." I think it in jest, but I still...
The right leg in the R in TRUST is angled and straight. In your image the "R" has the right leg curved downward. It does not appear to be the...
Awesome... Good enough for me. ~Rob
You're welcome, Fred. Cool. Just outta curiosity, what does a small rim cud such as this add to the coin? What determines value in a cud?...
Okay... Let's see how these pictures go: This picture has the anomaly immediately to the top of the coin in this picture. [ATTACH] Very small...
Nut... Proofs are double pressed, correct? If so, then this would increase the instance for MD? ~Rob
Difficult to tell using my novice eyes. I don't see anything, to include the associated die scratches for any of the varieties. Let the more...
Thanks for the knowledge Fred... I can and will take a photo later but at work at the moment. Standby for the photo of the reeded edge. ~Rob
Just curious about terminology and such... The cuds-on-coins.com site has a CU-5c-1941s-03R cud collar coin. What make the distinction between a...
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