I think it was 1989 when the mintmark was added to the die rather than having the die struck with a punch and hammer at the mint. So there are...
Well that took most of the covid years to get settled. Jim
I still have the "deed" to one acre on the moon !!! Just waiting for someone to land there so I can paper them. Well anyone that doesn't have...
These are from offshore, but they are outsold by fakes of the former and current presidents. For under $20, you can buy a "Money Gun" which takes...
JAZ numismatics is the only dealer on Vcoins I would and have purchased coins from with no concerns. Jim
Your situation brought back my nightmare situation dealing with a transaction involving the US Border people and a foreign country. About 10+...
You are lucky, as in some areas, the coins were nailed to the doorway as a way to keep out bad luck or invisible scary things like the plague and...
I want in :) Started to ask what number the cute dogie is , but my 2 cats voted 2 paws down, so change to # 8. Thanks Jim
My guess is a micro torch. This year had outer layer of about 8% nickle and rest copper, with core all copper.Different metal expand at different...
Agree with above. I look at a scrape as deeper and not as easily removed , whereas a scuff is shallow and often not continuous and sometimes is...
2. I :troll: don't believe in fairness. It's OK , some of us still like you, :cat:
scuff.
Since there was a few real copper cents struck in 1983 ( likely mint personnel efforts), He probably just went by the date rather than weight,...
Like Cheech says, they should be close to the same height, see this 1955/55 example and how they blend due to same height. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A few days ago, I saw a new group of China replicas advertised online that are said to be made of a different metal combo that mimics US silver...
The only government thing I recall was Zimbabwe which issued gold coins to get the populace to use them rather than Black market U.S. dollars....
It is a proof coin, so more glam to many. More money to mint IMO
Sorry, I assumed ( bad me) that "everyone" knew about acetone for PVC, preferred by 99.99% . :) Jim
It hasn't been mentioned much, but there are some studies using lasers to clean coins. "Can you clean coins with a laser? All these...
Not too hard to alter a 1943 steel cent to a 1993 steel cent for most engravers So all internal measurements would be within specs. Jim
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