Four part incuse square?
Yup
MS70 often gives that tone/lustrous look but it is market acceptable. I think the reverse lines are other than fingerprint. Hey, it's $26. If you...
I just put an order in with Siemens for a 350,000X electron microscope so I can look for all these rare and valuable errors I keep hearing...
I use a standard triple bath of lab grade acetone. I don't see any use in a long soak or any mechanical cleaning when removing PVC residue. if...
No.
One can buy plastic flips as big as 4"x4" for medals. I bought a few boxes years ao and still have some left. A caveat. They contain...
Only if you buy me one too!
The baby went out with the bathwater. Literally. Different types of soap affect the color of notes differently and I forget the chemistry behind...
Looks like thread or lint to me too. I would discount it as an imperfection rather than raise it as an error. But that's just me.
Plated and used as some kind of jewelry such as a button or a cuff link.
Yes, a bad investment from any perspective. Would you take 3X face? I put some bags of bicentennial halves aside when they were released and...
Hard to tell by the photo but I would guess that it is. A small one often called, as stated above, a die chip.
Definately die erosion.
A dime was quite a bit of money in 1956. Additionally, who would expect to see counterfeit dimes? There was a rash of nickel counterfeiting...
Nice catch!!! I once had a young couple come in with a strange "penny" they got back as change for a coffee at the local convenience store. It...
Not a US mint die-for certain. But is it for counterfeiting? What else could it be for. Very, very interesting piece. If I owned it, I would...
Yes. "Death selling tickets". The original bronze is rare and a little expensive. I have bid and missed on several on Fleabay. The propaganda...
Of course the better coins are 2x2ed in blue Whitman boxes but the common dates are sorted by grade--cull, Good, VG.......BU and in plastic tubes....
Gee guys. I can see the VAM book on the reference shelf from where I'm sitting. I outta get crackin' but there is just so many coins and so little...
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