I must admit, I advocate for Machine Damage over Machine Doubling as I feel it better describes the effect (i.e., cause-and-effect). It elicits a...
No, it's a business strike. It was also probably in a collection, probably in a folder like yours there, where it toned. The reverse may not be...
Tips: determine the optimal focal length for your phone's camera. Find an object of mass/weight that is about that same measurement. Use that to...
Greasy D's...get them while they last!! Actually, sounds more like a greasy diner for the late nighters.
Trot - have you gone to Coppercoins to look at the DDOs for this date? For each listing, they provide you with markers to match up your coin....
Probably doesn't matter. I believe that for each coin, you get 3 graders and they take an average of sorts. So 2 would have to slide in your...
I took a look at my nickel roll of 55's. Predominantly the washed out look but several crisp specimens. Comparing it to the ODV at Variety...
It's a fine specimen! I wondered if there were two masters used in that year or since it was the end of the ODV, the master/working dies were...
It's fine to ask questions. The community will do what they can to get you the answers you seek. Keep in mind that community members probably...
Trot - as noted, your coin has environmental damage. We often see these coins come up for discussion because deterioration can look like...
Sure, a step process perhaps. I can agree with that. My children haven't caught the 'bug' so while I build/stow away coins for them to have once...
I understand Paddy's caution; it's not an expensive gift to perhaps recruit a new, future collector. However, hopefully your son knows not to...
Agreed. Coins are damaged quite frequently by accident or on purpose. When one side is reasonably normal and the opposite side massively...
I notice that my LCS takes possession of batches of steelies from time-to-time and they sort out the original cents from the reprocessed cents....
Islander is correct. Contact mark from another coin, probably while in the original bag/hopper.
I agree. They look like reprocessed cents.
Fun find!
Fun find!!
I think an MS grade is unlikely because of the placement of the spots and likely circulation wear (maybe a couple of fingerprints too). AU58...
I've found several of these from 1986P over the years. Not sure if any of them were 3 layered, but certainly central to the rim circumference. I...
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