In your last photo the coin looks like it may have been doublestruck with a small offset between strikes. your camera may have just caused it to...
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Hey these are about as dramatic as can be found when it comes to die gouges. These are better than my photos shows because the light blocked part...
on the copper plated cents most of the time what appears to be a die gouge is only a plating bubble. I have a lot of these with raised lines going...
your coin has what is called a die chip and these are normally called a BIE coin because the die chip makes it appear to have a I between the B and E.
A fellow member asked me to post some photos of some of my die gouge coins , so here they are. My photography skills is not very good, I hope you...
Ok I will try to start a new thread this evening or tonight if I can get my old camera to working and show everyone a few of my die gouge coins....
You are right , all of these are the result of marketing campaigns. I have a few state quarters with better looking die gouges than the Wisconsin...
maybe I can help you here. coins do get damaged during the minting process such as being loaded in huge size bins for transport and the coins...
Well you should have listened to your grandma and took her advice , looks like what she said to you was a waste of time. If you had took the time...
be careful and don't overpay for these so called extra leaf quarters. they don't have a extra leaf on them , they only have die gouges or what we...
this one may be like that old cadillac car song. just sneaked out of the mint one piece at the time. lol
If coins stick to a magnet they may be the Chinese fakes. this is one way to spot the older Chinese fake coins,now they are using non magnetic...
It appears that you may have a good coin here . I had a US cent that was only struck on one side and sold it on Ebay a couple years ago. the buyer...
Now Kasia that is my kind of kids. they look to be about frying size , yummy . I'm just kidding around.....
I'm not sure about this on some foreign coins , on our American coins the reeded edge is added during the stricking process. the retaining collar...
The worst problem with paying for grading fees or buying a slabbed coin is the fact that numerous Chinese counterfeit PCGS and NGC slabs have been...
Yes but only one die strikes each coin. Sometimes the mint only uses one die to strike test pieces and the other side of the coin is totally...
You are correct , the CT forum is showing great improvements . It's always good to see folks working together and being friendly.
I believe the Coneca website is under new management now and it has become a much better site in my opinion.About all of the bickering back and...
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