As a collector, I think it'd be awfully hard for me to leave a coin like that if I found one in my house. Just out of curiosity, if your house...
Well we do appreciate seeing the results of your endeavor. That '11 is about as perfect an example as you could expect to find, IMO. Nice!
I don't see any split serifs as in the real one.
Your pic of the designers initials isn't the greatest but you should see a definite extra top bar of the F above it....
As they say in baseball.... good eye!
It's definitely not "the" '68D DDR. I don't see any evidence of hub doubling.
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In 1957 dime planchets were 90% silver, no copper should be showing anywhere. Therefore it's impossible that it was a dime planchet.
Yes, that kind of cents has been obsolete for many a year, unfortunately.
This one's my favorite of the new designs. And sodude, I think that's a Red Tailed Hawk.;)
Maybe a Seminole wrestling a gator in a hurricane?:)
With the pics supplied, I don't think either one of them are the variety. Better pics would help.
:smile OK, I'll amend it...... someone that collects proof 70 2012W ASE's. Better?:smile
I was just going to say about the same thing, if you like the coin enough it's a non issue. The only people that would have an issue with it is...
Someones on the case, we should get an update soon. [IMG]
Bullion coins aren't mintmarked. There were ASE's struck with an S mintmark in 2011. They were included in the anniversary set.
Ejection doubling.
I'm not the man you were asking, but I do have a pic of a die crack.
Your diagnosis on the cent is correct, I think. Looks like someone was trying to fake a die rotation error. The light weight and the appearance of...
I got my son a folder for them when they started in '10 but we're having the same problem, in that, we're not finding any. I think we found one in...
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