My girlfriend got this for graduation gift years ago. I recently looked closely at it and noticed a stair-like, second bottom of the number 1. The...
lol, I don't like it but that could possibly even account for the rim markings... hmmm.. still a keeper for me though.
I don't know here. Is this post mint? the obverse and some of the rim appear like waves, the 4 looks like something else when tilted the right...
if a rolling machine made the traintracks on the rim then it is simply not logical that it also widened almost eliptically, flattened thinner than...
Need opinions here folks. Found in change think it was lamination. I call it my "Jawless Lincoln" Brought to a local coin shop the dealer noticed...
thats as good as it gets I'm afraid, it's so damaged. the most important part has been heavily damaged. I only thought that was what it was...
the only way to increase diameter as this is would be to pound on it, which would distort the images on both sides, and flatten them out. that is...
mint wash Mint wash sounds like the explanation. Just curious, I thought only proofs and such were put through the mint wash. Business strikes...
Nice coin! is yours 95% copper or is it zinc with copper plating? Why doesn't it say so on the slab? I'm curious: you would thing that kind of...
this coin IS stretched out, wider. (see 2nd from last pic, which is a normal cent on top of the one in question.) the reverse is perfect, and...
Am I right as to the cause of this though? I like to think I may know what I'm talking about. Any idea of value?
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