What is the actual weight of the coin? And what does the edge look like? Most likely environmental damage
Weigh it . The unique copper one weighs 3.11 grams +/- .13 so 2.98 to 3.24 grams. The common zinc core one is 2.5 gr +/- .10 so 2.4 grams to...
I think they are extremely close to each other for US Coins in general, but varieties results can vary significantly, IMO.
Yes, the same. I recall the thrill of receiving the catalog and spending pleasurable time looking over the offerings. Mostly no photographs which...
I found my tube of BU 1943-D cents BU from a Reeves mail-bid sell. $42.50 back in the early 70s. You can see the edge and the dull steel colored...
Perhaps those that are disappointed in coins for personal reasons, have too few hobbies. If you put all of your hobby time in coins or even worse...
Its odd that the doubling is seemingly limited to the date And the residue. My suspicion was that the 'glue' would form an image and as it dried...
I think what you see on the L and others is die deterioration where the edges and tight corners of the devices breaks off ( sometimes irregularly)...
The 2 main DDO are indicated by thicker lettering in liberty and the date, and I do not see any here. Check this page The IBERT. Jim...
Some of them are real on the market, but many are reprocessed. Even real they can be found uncirculated as being something new and face value,...
Magician or fentanyl seller coin. Sold at magician's supply stores. Damage. jim
Check the edges. The coin metal was originally punched from zinc coated steel sheet metal. The obverse and reverse were still zinc coated, but the...
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For some it would not be for the money, but more for the art of fooling others and keeping the slabbed coins as a reminder to themselves of their...
It appears to me to be a slightly deteriorated die. The one on the striking die would be a depression, and the field would be the top flat area of...
No, it is machine doubling of no value. You can tell because the images are one normal height and the other flattened. True DDO , both have...
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the mintmark is the easiest pickup point on the east side of the D, but I do not see any. the rest is MD. Jim...
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Why do you need 50 of them? If they were OBW, how could he resist opening to see if he could find a copper one, or at least a few 66s or 67 to...
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