Yeah, where's the option for "cracked"? https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cracked-2014-penny.253921/
It got dirty. Just my humble opinion ;-) I'd give a lot more weight to the real experts here. An acetone soak and rinse would tell you if it's...
Ok. Can you help those of us who know nothing about shield nickels?
(You know what I mean) I have extras of the following non-silver, circulated Kennedy proof halves: 1971 1973 1974 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1983...
That teller deserves some chocolate next time you visit!
NIFC started with the 2002's, I think.
(Had to Google "cockerel"...) ;-)
Will AirTites halt the toning process or just slow it down?
Just out of curiosity... I wondered why so many sites say that 5,000 1873 "No Arrows" were minted, yet none could give no prices for any, even in...
Thanks. Lucky guess on my part. ;-) SO much to learn...
Without knowing any better, I chose an 1872 MS63 example from PCGS because it was from San Francisco. I posted some others just a few above this...
Mintmark is still bad, but not as far off as I thought. Here is a side-by-side with two dif't 1873-S *WITH* arrows around the date from Heritage...
Here is a side-by-side of the mintmarks... [ATTACH] Edit: fake=left, legit from PCGS Photograde (dif't year, though)
So I can learn, what were your first clues that it was fake? What photos were added later and how did they confirm your suspicions? Edit: NO...
Please tell me you bought it and not "received" as in "someone gave it to me" :arghh:
I love war nickels. Nice to find 2 in a box! I'm sure others here have found more but I've never gotten more than 1 in a single box.
"L" ost Dutchman ;-)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/silver-tissue-test.245035/
Worse yet... if it was still in the box ;-)
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