I went for a ride this afternoon in my friend's 1936 Ford Coupe. About a mile from home we ran out of gas (those old Ford gas gauges still don't...
My father was a furnace operator at a large metal refinery until he retired in the early 70's. Many times he would bring home scrap cancelled...
I do believe these are Shell Oil tokens. I have found many with my metal detector over the years and it is a bummer because they signal like a...
Hi Everyone. I was thinking about this and wondering if a coin blank could miss the upset mill process and be fed into the coining dies. If so,...
A while back a friend of mine asked me basically the same question. I told him to let me do some research and I'd get back to him in a day or two....
Thanks Abe, I was looking for that thread to ID some Minnesota quarter DDR's I want to sell. You saved me some time! PM me and I'll send you a...
Hi Brian, Thanks for the heads-up on this microscope. I got mine late last week and couldn't use the disc that came with it, but managed to find...
I agree with Ziggy. I've seen this hundreds of times on LMC'c back into the 70's. I think it was a metal flow issue with the dies. At first I kept...
Thanks for the info Brian, I ordered one too. My camera does pretty good for overall shots but can't get the detail needed for most errors. I'm...
Thanks Chris, that was a fun contest. Congratulations Zack!
I agree that the pix of the IHC aren't clear enough for a proper determination of the error, if any. But after just looking through 200+ IHCs I'd...
Definite PM, but your pictures are awesome! What did you use?
MD for sure, I've had several that looked just like yours. Common for that issue I guess.
My first guess was a charm bracelet coin, but the rims look intact, so I'll go with high school plating experiment! Value...$.03 for copper. Value...
Thanks for the great contest, but I was disappointed not seeing my name one the list of submitted answers. I PM'd my reply the day the contest...
OK, I'm in. Starting to wake brain up now.
The first coin I bought was an 1847 Half Dime at my first coin club auction. I got it for $17.00! One of my best buys ever.
My wife always tells me I'm neither lucky nor normal! Nice find though.
Post Hen Error? I was making breakfast while reading this thread and opened a brand new carton of eggs only to find one cracked. Would that egg...
Schatzy, First, very nice coin, I am jealous. Second, I am about to invoke the ire of the resident experts and disagree with them. With the coin...
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