Adrean - welcome to CT! Here is an inexpensive setup that will improve your picture taking. Taking pictures is half the fun...many members here...
You will see this one often enough while you are doing CRH events. It was a chipped MM punch. Keep in mind that the MM was hand placed back in...
Sounds like the community has a solid position on priorities!! Chores be darned!! So many coins...not enough time to appreciate them all.
Sounds normal. What exactly are you saying?!
I am in the process of putting together rolls by date/mm, swapping out the worst for the best as I go along. Those shiny specimens would qualify!!
Hi Ed - looks like an LDS specimen with circulation damage. For the year, the dies were run to VLDS so it's not uncommon to find coins with the...
You bet! Check out the different types but the Push Doubling shows an example like your specimen. Push Doubling (error-ref.com)
Have a look at this - Machine Doubling (error-ref.com)
I see what you are looking at, but it's an anomaly. Looking at the know RPM/OMMs for the date, nothing is in that general region. A chip with...
That's a great opportunity to build a Canadian Cent collection!! In Connecticut, I used to see Canadian Cents regularly. I found 2 1920 George...
Seems like CAC has played the role of Third Party validation and folks found that useful...so who will validate them? Wondering if being a...
I think I see what you are looking at. But it's a distance shot. I took a look at Coppercoins for something like it, but I didn't see anything...
We have a great set of contributors here at CT!!
Here's a link you might find useful: Error-Ref.com Interior Die Break Connected To Die Crack (error-ref.com) Retained Interior Die Breaks:...
I think that most folks don't find laminations that particularly interesting. There are a few of us, but even then, on something key/semi-key, I...
The ‘50s were notorious for running die sets well past their prime. While still errors, regular wear-and-tear errors are so common that they are a...
Great advice above.
My 1943 P specimen. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Thanks for sharing guys.
That's a DD/MD specimen right there. You'll note that for that year and mm, you'll find many of those. And many here before you...and many that...
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