Yes, plus tomato and salt along with white vinegar makes ketchup a moderately acidic substance. It is the acid content that turns copper pink....
Ketchup will clean to a pink but the corrosion is yet another form of environmental damage. Either way the coin is a spender…imo…Spark
Yes, please supply in-focus close-ups of the area you suspect the doubling. And, use Variety Vista and Wexler to find acknowledged doubled die...
That’s a really nice find!…congrats…Spark
So you can sleep tonight, PMD. The indentation on the dome, and the other “dings” (as Sal put it), a foregone conclusion…imo…Spark
The main thing to look for for 1981 dimes is one that looks like it just got fresh struck at the mint. To go along with this main thing, you...
Try taking the coin out of the flip for pix.
At MS63, almost all State quarters are currently listed at 12 times their face value. This is a fact, not wishful thinking. NGC, PCGS and many...
@Wendy avet …According to NGC Price Guide, which you can use to get “in the ballpark” as far as value goes, Indiana P&D State quarters are listing...
A lot of wear. No doubling, not an error. I agree with @expat it appears to be a die chip on the ear now worn down. What does the coin weigh?
@JeffC …perhaps “m” meaning “medal”. There’s a lot of verbiage on that label.
I don’t claim coining (pun intended) the acronym. I saw it here on CT a few years ago. I think it was in a graphic another member had posted.
@potty dollar 1878 …is right, lots of split-plate doubling on both sides, and classic form of it on the mint mark. It also has DDD on the date...
@justin stetler …Variety Vista or doubleddie.com. Between the two you will find the acknowledged varieties for each year and mint mark. Your OP...
Not a grease error, just a badly worn, damaged nickel. A stronger (better?) magnifier won’t show you anything that your eyes did at first. Trust...
@Jessie5 …To help you be a better collector, using the sequence below for your OP ‘64 Jefferson: 1. Find coin CRH or from circulation. 2. Assess...
Great pictures. I looked at all of them 3 times and compared to Var. Vista, not seeing any matches on ddo-003. Regarding the apparent mint mark...
No. IMO, it looks like a normal mintmark…Spark
Evan, I have a short stand too. For up to Morgan size I use a wooden box about 4” tall and fine tune with a cd case or a paperback book, both...
…also, the first year memorial 1959 and next year 1960 for large and small dates. “Hoarding” has a broad connotation. Collectors and dealers...
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