Same…2017, but I use mine at least 3 times a week as quick reference; mintages and design features mostly. I can and do use my Ipad also, but the...
SURPRISE!…the Mint didn’t make them. A Contractor made them. Badly. …The Eighties were the “Trial an Error” period for the contractors to try...
Smushed lettering from 75 years of circulation…imo…Spark
IMO…none of these coins have value beyond face…too much ED…Spark
Well, the year ain’t over yet, the errors are being discovered now…Spark
Heat and circulation damage.
Some kind of acid wash or maybe heat damage…imo…Spark
I posit it had tape pieces or adhesive residue covering an already well-worn coin. When the debris is removed/washed off you have the result you...
Go to your Red Book and research the grading specs they have there. IIRC, no letters of LIBERTY visible is G4, partial letters visible is VG8....
Sorry, but there are too many bag/contact marks on both sides for this coin to be more than MS60 6FS. And anyone saying 5FS needs to refresh...
Of course, you’re right…most people who resort to a Coinstar machine have no care for what happens to the coins…Nice Canadian quarter, if worse...
Try using a different source of light and check again. I have seen this effect before, and it has to do with the ring light on usb scopes. When...
The circles on the shield are smaller and more numerous as well as the flying hair and no stars…definitely Type 1…imo…Spark
…Seems to have evidence of light wear on the obverse in the very center, unless it is a trick of the light, and on the leading edge of the central...
Sometime in 1962, East Bay of San Francisco. Selling TV Guide magazine door-to-door, my customers paid me with coins, 15 cents a pop. My cut was...
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You are right to be suspicious, but I have seen other examples of Roosevelt clashing in the eye area. A strong clash will create the die damage...
MS65+ and yes, CAC certified…Spark
Almost a full olive leaf on the bridge of Roosevelt’s nose. Thanks for the overlay…Spark
I found this in a jar almost a year ago, I was re-checking the grades I had assigned and found a die clash I had missed...AU58+...on the bridge of...
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