It does appear to be corroded, as if it sat in a puddle of battery acid for a few days. A Roosevelt dime missing clad layer should look like that...
Oh, I was just havin' fun and then ya had to go and get technical on me . . . right back at ya . . . the verb form of the word mint is defined as...
Shouldn't that be a 1964?
Sorry, but I am quite tired of coins bearing effigies of presidents. similarly, I think our paper money has also lost a lot of its appeal, since...
If one never takes the risk, and never learns the attendant lessons while licking one's occasional wounds, one never really gets good at grading /...
From the photos, I think the coin is distinctly better than MS63. A lock 64, shot 65. As for Doug's comment, I haven't yet figured out how to...
I like to think of it as diplomatic persuasion, rather than brutal crushing . . .
Careful . . . for many dates, the lower grades have low populations only because the coin is so common in those grades as to not be worth...
Nice systematic approach Matt. This should prove a useful tool for many who do not currently shop anywhere except at eBay simply because they do...
Judging only from the photos, I would buy this coin as genuine.
Retained cud . . . in this case, the portion of the die that broke off has shifted, but not fallen away, and still impresses the planchet,...
eBay will actually be grateful to you for putting the fees in their pocket . . . Just noticed the end result after posting above . . . good deal.
If your stack is big enough, she won't be able to lift it.
Melt it down and beat it into an ugly sculpture for your end table . . . they'll walk past it ten times looking for something valuable to take.
Here's a related philosophical question to further discussion about rarity . . . How rare is Ayer's Rock if there is only one, but plenty for...
I wear different hats, depending on the coin. Each of the following cases are very different from the others: Common coins which, when I buy...
More off center than misaligned dies, but not technically qualifying to be described as either . . . not much market for this coin, I'm afraid.
Getting tattoos is like cleaning coins . . . once done, there's no going back.
Take your time . . . look at the auctions, target a really nice coin to dedicate your available funds to, and move on to the next if you fail to...
I am a NH resident, and have never heard anyone speak of visiting Littleton in person and buying coins they wanted while there. That doesn't mean...
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