Keep in mind Veterans charity orgs…like Wounded Warriors or the DAV. Scrape together 4,999 more of those and donate to a honorable cause. It’s...
At first I thought it to be a partial plated cent, but agree probably plating was removed after strike. The 2 reasons are: zinc was protected...
@SensibleSal66 …look again…it is a penny from Great Britain.
@justyn p …well, you confused us twice. First, posting the coin in the Error Coins Forum is suggesting it is an error. Second, saying it is an...
Justyn, if you understood the minting process, how dies are made and the true errors and how they are created, you would understand why your coin...
As do I. And, to clarify, I was talking business strikes from pocket change and from wrapped rolls, not mint sets or proofs.
@Inspector43 …I recently went through 2 rolls of 2017-P cents. My goal was to remove any that had evidence of die deterioration, split-plating,...
It took a decade or longer for contractors to produce some decent copper-plated zinc blanks. The Mint used both good and bad and fed them into...
The one on the right is just more circulated..a little more worn and some latent grime. The left one is damaged…machine wrapper scoring.
@Fred Weinberg …Congratulations on your retirement, Fred. I can say that in the 4 years I’ve been a member here, there have been about 30 top...
Great finds!…now take some ibuprofen, take a break to let it kick in or go soak in your hot tub. It is way fun CRH but you gotta pace yourself....
I’m putting all the keepers in Airtite capsules. I bought 50 prepping for just this sort of find. With all the really nice BU dates in these 3...
@Pjtowks …Go to doubleddie.com and read everything…especially the section about how dies are made. Once you understand this, you will know that...
Among the other coins in my brothers safe that I inherited in Aug. '19 were 6 rolls of Kennedy Halves. I catagorized/processed 3 rolls about 6...
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Machine doubling of incused letters. Look up Section VI at error-ref.com.
Have to go with MS65…and I think I see doubling on the OWN/CROWN. This is a very nice coin…Spark
Back to the drawing board, Charles. Looks like your camera moved when you took the pic. Figure out how to stabilize it so your pics are clear....
Had set aside some wheat ears found 2 years ago, wheat ears from 1919-1958, about 200 coins. Going through them the past few weeks, finding a few...
@expat …I too have found abnormal bookmarks in books. A few have been currency. The best currency was a $20 bill, about 40 years ago. My...
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