Resource for checking if it were struck on a foreign planchet: http://numispedia.org/dump/Foreign-Coinage-Production-Figures.xls
Silver Quarter -> how to ID When a quarter which is expected to be cupronickel clad is found without a visible copper core, when viewed from the...
Nice! Pleased you got it. I decided not to bid. Good thing... you would have beat me anyway! I think fissure
I asked the mint what the tolerance was for die rotations. Here is their answer: “For circulating denominations the coin rotation tolerance is...
Here may be found definitions of different types of shattered die. http://www.error-ref.com/4880-2/
http://cuds-on-coins.com/washington-quarter-cuds-no-date-2/
Planchets used by the US Mint for the cent are obtained from Jarden Zinc. Here is a photo of their barrel plating process. [ATTACH]
88 with flared G
All 1988 Lincoln Cents have Wide AM. It is not the Wide AM that is rare. It is the Flared G on the designer’s initials which is extremely rare =...
Nice photo-may I use that sometime?
A nickel struck on one cent stock would weigh about 4.03g [ATTACH]
It is just the wrong shape for a dropped letter (I assume it is incuse?). I don't know what other alternative, besides a counterstamp?
I close up photo would help. A possibility = dropped letter. Cannot be certain with this photo and the size/shape is not quite right....
Fred Thanks - do you have any more precise die arrangement dates?
What would you call it?
Heard from Mike Diamond. He says "an uncentered broadstrike with a stiff collar error. It was struck in with the inverted setup universally used...
Thank you!
I need someone to check my attribution on this 2007-P Dime. I am thinking Inverted Dies Reversed Partial Collar? Compare to the dime here:...
Nice!
Thank you! I know we all wish him the very best going forward!
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