It looks just like a mark. Nothing more.
The online edition of Coin World today stated that the US Mint would NOT be selling these at the Baltimore Show but that they would have at least...
Well that would sure get MY interest up on Roosies! Nice find!
I'm not really sure of what I am seeing but I think it might warrant an examination by either someone at CONECA of by Mr. Mike Diamond. To me,...
Sure looks like a nice die clash on that 82.
Keep your eye out for the 69-D, 70-D, 71-D, and 72-D Washington Quarters that have the Type H Reverse. This reverse was used on the Proof Coins...
Whoa! Somebody just wasted $15!! Or was that a $15 payment toward a degree in the School of Hard Knocks??
Bummer. I guess the Pattern Coin Defense is needed now. How the heck do you prove that something was given to you as a gift?? Find workers that...
No business strike would have such clear definition in the hair AND be relatively mark free in the fields.
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Kinda like the 1913 Nickels??
Show me the "title" for that quarter in your pocket. And mint errors are not supposed to leave the mint which is why they have processes...
It looked like....well.......doo doo. But.............that's how you learn.
I could be wrong (which is rare :happy: ) but I believe that the "box" is proprietary to PCGS.
I think that it actually depends upon the coin as not every coin is a candidate for dipping in even the mildest of solutions. An AU coin should...
Electrolysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis\ Reading the article, I noted the following: "Electrolysis is also used in the cleaning...
So would I since I know for a fact that PCGS's conservation amounts to some degree of dipping beit Acetone or E-Z-Est via a full dip or Q-Tip...
I do not believe it does.
Its definitely from die abrading (or polishing if you will) since that lock or "hump of hair" exists on my 1974-D Lincoln but their is hair...
Since it is supposedly illegal to mutilate reeded coins, wouldn't it be fair to say that the US Government has never given up "ownership" of any...
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