Sure I believe it. You should have seen some of the stuff that went INTO the junk silver bags back during the first silver boom in 1979. And I'm...
This can also sometimes result from the same process that causes "dryer coins". I'm not sure which this is, but I am leaning toward the high...
Yes they are raised, and yes believe it or not they are caused by cuts into the coin.
But every now and then something really good pops up, like that 1792 half disme a couple years ago.
Yes but I may have started first (1972) so maybe you were just following my lead. :) Only had a 25 cent allowance. Couldn't do much with...
No he meant 14-D, he was talking about adding a D to a 1914 cent (note he mentions removing the D from a random cent). And yes some fake 14 D's...
It does happen, rarely. A few years ago a genuine Mint State Continental Currency dollar turned up in a flea market as a $1 copy
A clad layer that was lost post strike (Not a coin with a clad layer that split off post strike, this is the clad layer itself.)
I just see a coin suffering post strike damage from cuts on the obv field.
Another VERY bad sign since it isn't a 27 but a 27 D with is a mid six figure coin if real.
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