JCro...I can see where it kinda looks like a 5, thanks to your blow-up pic, but it is probably a squashed 1. I think there would be more ruined...
Pick up a copy of the most recent Yeoman Red Book and you'll see there are 7 varieties listed for 1982 Lincoln Memorial Cents (LMC), not...
I have some Bicenn. Ikes but the bus. strike clads were so poorly made I don't like them at all. Bicenn. halves are much nicer, but the quarter...
Cheech, from 12 noon o'clock on the reverse, 70 in "the other" direction (counter-clockwise) would be 290. There are 360 degrees in a circle. 12...
man2004... thank you for clueing us in. I was just as lost as David. And I've seen "Grease"! As the Firesign Theatre said: "He was way out...
Chris, I eyeballed this thing closely. The obverse appears to be oriented so the flip is good. The top of the dome points through the U and B of...
As Duane said in post #8, they are being hoarded. I am on the West Coast and looked for them until July from circulation...not one. My wife got...
In retrospect, I would have thought CT members would know not to post such a coin, no matter what their experience, but I understand it could...
In the nicest possible way I ask you to answer 2 questions: 1. Would you have posted the pic of this coin? and 2. What solution have you...
As others have said, this appears to be die deterioration on the no L, and damage to the 1 on the '71. As to value, let me ask you this: does the...
Some other mint errors that have no premium include: strike errors, less than full v.d.b, machine doubling, polished die anomalies and hairline...
So did I. The other thread was later and had no weight info, this one does but is wrong...it is a large date.
Jken...the 3 pics you posted, in order...large date, unknown weight can't help without but I suspect it is a chewed up zincoln...next is a reverse...
If you are asking "What caused this post-mint damage?", I'll be kind and take a honest stab at it, no pun intended. The pocking on both sides...
except for the thousands still out in genpop that haven't been sent in for slabbing yet.:p
But it isn't and just another time waster.
So, your grandson helped you pick out the picture of a coin you don't own... Despite the apparent prevarication, you still got great responses....
or is it the coin sets on the template?
Okay, now I understand. Yes, I have run across this before and have learned the attitude of the coin is as important as lighting. I have also...
No. Because I have 2 stands already that I use for full-size pics, but mostly use to park the scope. My problem is a flaky 1 MP Brightwell that...
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