If you really want to know more about the layers of metal in your quarter grab a piece of sand paper and sand the crud off the reeded edge to see...
the weight of your coin shows that it is copper . some of the 82 cents are copper and some are zinc , this is the year the mint went from using...
looks like it may be a large retained die break or some folks call it a retained cud. this let the broken part of the die extend out past the rest...
guys you keep begging for redwin to get on here then you talk bad to him. he loves his coins. I love my coins too but a lot of mine got stolen and...
this is the only way it would have been possible. if the cent dies had struck the planchet first it would have been too large to fit into the dime...
nice coin Matt you sure are lucky, I suppose you get to see lots of good coins because you own the coin shop. I saw the most awesome cent on dime...
guys do any of you remember a coin we were discussing on CT a while back like say somewhere around 6 months or maybe longer that had tiny letters...
just google yahoo coin group , I think about anyone can join the group if they want to. It said the group was for new and old coin collectors to...
this is probably just a tiny die gouge , state quarters have die gouges all over them that looks like raised up lines.this is all I know, maybe...
sorry I missed post #2 . this could be about anything and is too small to be worth mentioning . you may be searching way too hard but I have to...
the devices don't smear together during a abraiding process, the ones that are affected are totally and smoothly and sometimes roughly removed and...
Don't worry about this for now and as you learn more you then you will recognise what you have better. I can give you a hint that may help you ....
You would have to point out what you are asking about. I can see that the design has mechanical doubling on lots of branches. Is this what you are...
polishing the dies sometimes removes part of a die's design and I think you are asking about the detached leg or the 3 legged bison which was the...
because that is where the die that made your coin has started to wear. this may even be from the mint workers polishing the die. polishing a die...
what I meant when I said you may be onto something is that if there was a design change between 1999 and 2001 one then it may be possible to find...
the last three are very minor mint errors , slightly off center or mis aligned dies , first two are PMD
it looks like the die that struck your coin may have been abraided which is the term used for sanding and polishing. I have about 10 1964 Kennedy...
you may be onto something here
looks like from worn dies
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