For those that don’t know, the Montessori method encourages young children to develop natural interests and activities, rather than normal,...
Okay, I’ll use 3 Ds next time…Spark
@Wade Elliott ….go to error-ref.com, Part VI Striking Errors for more information about incused lettering and numerals. The site will set you...
The word is incused. The deterioration of the die no longer depresses into the planchet at the worn spots. Incomplete letters. On UNUM, the...
Agree to DD, but looks as well like just normal wear for its’ age. I see no doubling.
Well, as far as sliding goes…the coin is locked into a collar, then struck, then kicked out of the press. Depending on the age of the die, the...
Die Deterioration…just a best guess. Dude…you need to tell us/ask us a specific question. Don’t make us guess what you mean.
You should have twigged to 2 things, both of which would have saved you much time and confusion. 1. If you understood how dies are made you...
And…the designers initials are normal, what is called sans-serif…meaning this ‘88 is not a Reverse of 1989 variety.
The damage and wear makes this a spender. Your LCS normally give 2 cents for wheat ears, I don’t think they would take this one. Only worth 1...
@Kennyeva$$$ …you will soon complete your 3rd year as a member, so you should know, by now, to orient your pics properly so members can assess...
The Trident device in the 2nd pic makes me think Ukrainian…I’m not an expert in these older types and hope they are not replicas…pretty sure not...
I voted to keep it sealed, but the quandry you face is perpetuating a mystery if you do. Not opening does you no good unless you try to sell....
Not popped plating blisters, although the result is the same. All of the zinc rot areas correspond to split-plate doubling…imo… but, to be fair,...
The only place here in Central Arkansas that has notices posted that there is a coin shortage is WalMart. I think that is a ploy so they can...
@Spencercoles …many members here argue you don’t need more than a 10x jewelers loupe (magnification power = 10 times normal size) to see all....
I went back to mint.ca, searched for “2016 Year of the monkey” and the result was that found by @LakeEffect . I guess searching for “monkey and...
Yes, Kudos to @LakeEffect …all my searching found nada listed at mint.ca for the (finally!) proper parameters. Your link is the best found…Spark
My bad…the color is gold, yes, COA= SILVER…no wonder I’m chasing my tail. Really bad picture of a silver coin.
This is a great link…but the OP’s coin is gold. I’m still lookin’…Spark
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