Whatever you say will never bother me . I know that Mike knows about error and variety coins and there are thousands of old time coin collectors...
Mike you are right about this being a rare error. I have never been able to find one like this and have only seen photos of a few.
click on this link and you can learn how a brockage gets created. http://forumancientcoins.com/Articles/brockage/
how can some folks possibly call this coin a squeeze job? I have said over and over on here that if someone or something severly damages one side...
awesome thread .... LOL
your coin has some kind of junk dried up on it.this may be glue with some paper or other material mixed in the dried glue.
this is tiny die chips which is common on our newer coins. when a coin die gets chipped places on it the coin metal flows up into the chipped...
Thank you for putting in a good word for ANACS . They are my favorite grading co. because they always are friendly and treat everyone right. Some...
just imagine if this was a U.S. 50 cent coin with a U.S. dime imprint in it . I have never seen or heard of one but I bet someone has one. a U.S....
This is a struck thru grease area. Actually most of the time we say struck thru grease but it is a build up of grease , metal dust and all kinds...
Ok I will tell you ..... Me and little Rascal were on here just looking around . We came across this thread and I looked over and little Rascal...
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It has either been lost in the dirt like someone mentioned or has been in a fire. this is how they look after having been rescued after being...
There is no way that this coin can be a doubled die . if this was a doubled die with this wide a seperation instead of only a few letters being...
I agree with you , the second photo does look like a lamination. if it is a struck thru area then it is a retained struck thru. it is hard to say...
I'm not sure but the photo make this coin appear to have a small piece of foreign material struck into it. I'm saying this because this area looks...
I agree with those that said acid . this coin has been dissolved some in acid or lost underground for a long time and corroded away , then found...
yes this error coin is definately a real mint error and looks exactly like it should. I don't see how anyone could possibly think this was done...
looks like you may be thinking in reverse gear here. from 1983 up until now our cent coins are not copper. they only have a super thin copper...
Mike I know my memory is is faulty and it probably is due to old age and open heart surgery. I think your memory is faulty also if you think you...
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