Check for key dates and assign a grade that is in the ballpark. Protect them with flips or capsules. Check the silver dollars for VAMs. Google...
Die Deterioration. They minted 774,824,000, but at 1 million per die pair, that would mean 774+ pairs, and no telling the overage runs per pair....
Yes, but I always have some cash for tipping and don’t use cards for gas anymore since my card was compromised on a cross-country trip last April....
…they really crammed that last X in there, I thought it was a V…(making it 1489). You are fortunate it made the journey with no hiccups…VERY NICE!...
All of it is PMD. Contact marks, scuffs and abrasions…imo…Spark
5. I sent them to ANACS in 2014 before I really knew better. A 1964 Washington I thought was MS63 came back MS65, out of a mint set that the...
There’s no doubling at all. All of the important PUPs for the variety have been battered by circulation, including those of the date, and the key...
Go to John Wexler’s site: doubleddie.com. Check the 1971-D hub doubling varieties to see if yours is a match. You can also check Variety...
I would not keep this penny. It is a copper plated zinc (CPZ) with surface plating irregularities as well as significant split-plating. It would...
@Rheingold makes a good point, it does look harshly cleaned and at 1.1 million minted a common acquisition, he has expertise on these. What this...
Good morning, Pam. A quick check at NGC World Catalog reveals this is a KM-7. Mint mark of A = Berlin. Known as a German Empire coin. If you...
Well…WPS back at ya!…Spark
Sometimes I can be clueless, I thought it was about Kristina’s penny…but nooo! WPS, for the uninitiated, stands for WOO PIG SOOIE! @justafarmer...
You have to remember these are incuse letters. The two places under the crossbar of the T is actually erosion of the surface from a deteriorated...
…I’m bad at acronyms…please explain “WPS”…TY in advance…Spark
IMO…it is more like die deterioration doubling…Spark
As a newly minted member, go here: doubleddie.com John Wexler’s site, and read and study everything on the site. It will launch you...
Read post #1 again. The OP admitted cleaning it many moons ago. So what you’re saying is the OP improperly cleaned the coin, which was agreed to...
…First day on Coin Talk… Welcome!…and all of us look forward to your posts …imo…Spark
Very nice mercury/Liberty. MS65=$23, MS66=$36 (NumisMedia)…not valuable enough for TPG but encapsulation is definitely in order. Your most...
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