(…continues). Comparing known varieties with their corresponding die markers is the best way to confirm if you have found a new one. The pitfall...
Continuing: A lot of members here, and most collectors in general, actually only look for the “holy grails”…the major distinctive coins like the...
Marker question answered above. I’ll try to answer the rest piecemeal. You either have a normal coin on-hand or go on-line to compare a coin....
I have 2 sets of these shield group coins. One was bought from the Royal Mint as a gift so I don’t know what the purchase price was. But the...
RDV answered post #8. Cud answered post #4, die chip on col.3, cuds are attached to the rim. From what I can tell, the vertical lines on the...
You’ll have to get it authenticated. A lot of fakes have been made. The 3 looks okay, not sure otherwise.
I certainly have not forgotten that a Bicentennial CLAD Proof will show in its’ edge. I was responding to the OP Kennedy, not before 1971.
@delila1 …as said, if already in one of the Big 3, leave as is. The other thoughts I had was it may not be worth cracking and re-submitting. Ask...
A shot of the edge should tell, and there is a weight difference.
It was the Centennial, not the Bicentennial for Lincoln cents, first made in 1909, and, yes first year was 1938 for Jeffersons.
@Newbee03 …here’s another way to look at it: Starting with the known mintage of 1951-D Franklin Half Dollars, 9,475,200. The mint strikes coins...
Your lighting source appears to be at 2K{2 o’clock}. Move your source to 10K and try again. From what you have provided(so far), the glare is...
Provide us with a close-up of the bowtie without the glare…please.
The error is the imperfect die. The coins struck by the imperfect die are varieties. This is because multiple coins are usually struck by...
Wexler lists it as WDDR-003.
I agree they are die chips, very small premium, if any.
It would be better for you, as the OP, to post pictures of a normal coin, and also close-ups of the area in question from the found coin.
Definitely post-mint damage. Study the info at the site Sal posted to identify true mint errors. @SensibleSal66 Also, study the minting process...
Purty durn blurry but looks man-made PMD. Please post in-focus pictures.
Technically, we only have OPs word. We haven’t seen the obverse yet.
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