Corgi, it is the human in me saying that, but that has always been the question with some. What's next? Oh, you have cancer? let me know when the...
Kurt , that is rather sick humor , If your apartment building was burning or sinking, I would not be joking about it. There are members from...
MDD = Machine Doubling Damage, jim
I only see machine doubling, but the G in God is interesting but not a general effect for these. If I had to say one or other, I would say MDD,...
This thread is rather like asking the folks in Cleveland should they sell James to the Golden State Warriors after this season. :)
I could assure anyone looking at the cents in the photo that water was involved. Migration of the metallic bound atoms can not migrate~ copper...
Not a RPM , the underlying "suspect" is larger than the mint mark. Jim
There were firms that plated your dingy damaged 1943 coins with bright zinc as well as firms to copper plate them also. I am sure someone sometime...
99+% sure it is damage.
Of course one can argue over weights/mint tolerances and find a 0.01 scale appropriate, but often with rounding the accuracy may be compromised...
If you have a good balance ( 0.000) range and can do calculations , etc. the mechanism described previously can be quite accurate, but many...
They belong to you. Clean if you wish. If they are circulated as I assume,so they have been banging together and rubbing against each other for...
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Renaissance wax contains benezine which is part of the composition, and as long as the temperature it is exposed to is less than the boiling...
The eye has a very hard time measuring small differences in thickness without a mm ruler or similar. Same is true with diameter. If you can find a...
Some electronic hobbiests used them for cleaning the tips of a small soldering iron during "tinning" the iron ( melting a little drop of solder...
The mint mark in the 1999 was damaged. Put the large photo on your screen and measure ( 2 marks on a piece of paper will do) from the damaged end...
In the 70s , a doubled die would have numbers , letters, devices, close to the same height as the first hubbing numbers, letters, and devices,...
With eBay there are covering rules and expectations of resolution in a bad deal, this seems to be every dealer is self responsible, unless I...
Then hang on to it, as the middle photo shows excellent focus and depth with very little pixelation. jim
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