I'll go with B, gas bubble.
Yeah that one circulated quite a bit. Goes to show most people don't really look at coins. To think all the people who had the opportunity to...
I hope NASA shows pics of it periodically. It would be interesting to see what the Martian atmosphere does to copper.
I only have a couple. Found in dealers bargain bins.
No luck, it wouldn't take 'em. I think they just recently updated the self checkout stations. Don't know if that has anything to do with the...
Did we forget about the four different designs from '09? The woodchopper would be my favorite of those. For collection purposes the old standby...
There's a easy solution for this. Take own silver and gold bullion back with you. Back in the early days of the mint private individuals could...
I'm happy you're happy. I happen to have a handfull of Kennedys presently and I'll be at the local one in a couple of days so I'll try 'em. I...
I'm afraid you have it backwards. What you want to look for is an '88 with the '89 reverse. The one you posted is the correct reverse for the '89.
No extra value for machine doubling, unless it's much more pronounced and involving most of the devices. Machine doubling is very common.
The rest of the quote I agree with perfectly.:)
I agree with Dave. I don't see any extra thickness anywhere.
Kellee both of your coins in this thread are machine doubling (also referred to as strike doubling). The flat,shelf like appearance is the key...
http://conecaonline.org/content/glossary.html Here's a place to start.
I also lay part of the blame on ebay for this. In my opinion there should not be a novelty subsection in the US coins section. If someone does a...
Yep, it's a WAM. Congrats!:thumb: The rim damage and the hits in the fields, to me, would be more of an issue than the fingerprint.
That's still better than the 50 cents it would be worth if it didn't have any silver.:)
A coffee color isn't toning? Toning can come in all colors, It's not limited to the rainbow.
I guess it could be. With it being that small of an area and with the apparent condition of the coin, don't know that it's even worth a 2x2 though.
The mark on the shield is a reeding hit from another coin. The E, I'm not sure. If it's a raised lump, it could be a die chip but it could also be...
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