True, to a certain extent. But, nowadays, you can still find varieties and errors in modern pocket change...extra thick lettering and numbers,...
@coinup @AuldFartte @SchwaVB57 ....and anyone else... DO NOT use ketchup on copper. As noted previously in this thread, ketchup is an acidic...
I see what you mean...it is worn more than I thought...Spark
Your 1914 wheat looks to be vg8, $1.75 listed at NGC. The ‘14-D is the scarce one, but you prove older coins still can be found from pocket...
...it’s okay to use tweezers, just not metal ones. Plastic ones will not put scratch marks on your coins. Also, wooden spudgers and toothpicks...
IMO...that cent looks close to AU50. NGC lists it at $135.00 ...it would easily sell for $100-125 at auction. Personally, if I owned it, I...
...whereas, based on the half-life of a cesium atom (the Naval Observatory Atomic Clock)...it’s close enough for govt. work, but with my luck it...
..it’s called “split plate doubling”...Spark @Kentucky ...sorry, man...I posted 3 microseconds after you...
...well,...they are vg8-vf20...all melt targets at this condition, hard to see any doubling with wear stages, obliterated, most likely...as of...
...let’s see a close-up of OF NO RET area. Is it scoring or raised metal?...Spark
...try going to lincolncentresource.com. They have a good explanation of the Close AM, what the initials look like, the distances, etc....Spark
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