I 'd say this one is a brain teaser - if it is a die break - the edges are certainly straight and the surface is flat and level with the 9....
I think the location of the mint mark on my coin is further east than 1MM-002. Look at the mint mark position in relation to the first 5 in the date.
1952D-1OM-001 Not sure about the 1939 speciman-LW568 - appears to be extra thickness on the nine? They came from the pile of coins I've...
What are your opinions ? LW568 - I'm not sure - fat nine - DDO?
I call it the half moon nine.
Certainly doubled dies can exhibit machine doubling but this coin is not 1DO-007 (there is no doubling on LIBERTY or IN GOD). In Fact I see no...
My suggestions to the new (beginner) treasure hunter of die varieties. 1. Start out searching for the 1st year or so with new coinage....
I have been thinking of buying some foriegn bank certificates of deposit (Austalian, Japanese, Euro, Canadian and British) - take advantage of the...
Silver is used more extensively in industrial applications than gold.
Maybe a set of view-master discs on the subject would help? A 3-D educational tool so to speak. Just thinking outside the box.
I thought the United States did away with the penny over 200 hundred years ago back in 1776. Seriously though - I find it strange so many...
In my post where I said "Commodity based money backed by fiat currency - sounds sorta like modified fractional banking to me. " I meant -...
Commodity based money backed by fiat currency - sounds sorta like modified fractional banking to me.
If the US is hit by hyper-inflation as feared by some the coins are fairly safe. The metals used in producing our coinage will increase in value...
Daggarjon - "dunno who your talking about... but its not me. Regardless of if something affects me personaly.. if its right, fine... if its not,...
I would like to read the proposed legislation - what is the bill #.
True some increased value arises from collector's fascination of the error which in turn the increased value captures tha fascination of...
Didn't ring the transaction up? Hum sounds like a sales and income tax dodge to me. I bet inventory shrinkage is well above average in that store.
I remember an afternoon many years ago under the guise of deer hunting my father and I having a discussion of many pointless topics while in the...
Coleguy - I suspect a significant factor concerning profitability of the mines you are speaking of can be traced to environmental compliance....
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