Take it to a police department and have them x-ray it for suspicious material, and decide then. :)
Duplicate membership, even though one may think it is for a good reason to do so, is an offense penalty of banning. Jim
Would tooling be the proper designation where holes for attachment chains or cords were filled in a rare silver coin by a plug from a less...
Living near the southern border, I see many of these at swap meets or yard sales, and for the most part they do not know the coin's...
I think just a very badly deteriorated die with some small chips out on the right of the P. Remember in the midst of WW 2, they were little...
I agree it is a dryer coin. Sisely, a dryer coin is own that gets loose from clothing in drying of the wash. Maybe not your doing, as they are...
No, it doesn't appear like a DDO-004. I do not see any evidence of True doubling.
Some day for fun and education, take a pre-1982 cent and maybe a miniature flat screwdriver, and try to gently push letters and number about. I...
From the photos ( somewhat small), it appears to be damage. Something hit the left bottom side of the 'U' at a diagonal and pushed it up and over...
If it is being done by a skilled person, they will use a metal burnisher, such as jewelers use to remove 'scarring' from gold or silver jewelry....
The faces of the rim shows physical abrasive damage also such as emery paper or a grinder. On the IHC, and any coins, the raised portion is the...
No. Wear or slight hit. Amet1, it helps if you or any member says what they see as abnormal. Otherwise everyone checks for all of the "Fly specks...
And several keep telling others "Bring that worthless paper to me and I will trade you 10 cents silver on the hundred paper dollars US face" ....
I am sure you can still follow him on FB and Twit. Some members value their number of comments more than the content, some value the number of...
I suspect we can let this thread age to a close, so try to resist comments.
I am sure he is cleaning coins, but I have to sorta agree with him. https://www.thespruce.com/definition-of-luster-768616
This ia good to have handy also if you do not have the coin in hand. https://www.bestcoin.com/Rating-Coin-Grading-Services.htm
Vams are fun and interesting, but a good camera close up really helps. It is not above 64 as a reach. Here is the VamWorld site with it. Compare...
Curious, what did you suspect might be there? Your question for 'feedback' and the answers from members had to be very general. You learn most...
Joe, I wouldn't say that is not true at all, as there are many different personal rules of their own that collectors get a mindset and follow, and...
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