It could be riff's last post...stakes have turned! :dead:
To be honest, I've had better success using Coppercoins. However, each site might have something the other doesn't, so you may have to bounce...
Keep in mind that there are a number of mint state coins from decades past that look as good as the day they were minted. Preserved in state....
PS. check against the various die states. Nice find!
Might be 003. Check for the markers: http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1972&die_id=1972p1do003&die_state=eds
Struck through capped die: http://lincolncentresource.com/Errors/Struck_Through_Die_Cap.html
I've only heard of a few silver quarter planchets making it to 1967. Possible for a steel planchet to make it to 1946...perhaps. Likelihood is...
Same thought here.
My advice to you, Randy, is to post photos with a short narrative below the photo. It does seem pointless to have nice things that you can't...
This looks like a normal cent Jimm. For this date (obverse design), the relief/fields look deeper than used starting in 1969. Dates for this...
Yes...a fun find!!
In the same condition, the non-VDB would be about $2-3 or the VDB is about 3X more. Figure that through an XF range, that'll hold true. After...
I didn't catch that I hadn't copied the photograde link as thought. Alurid got the link right though.
Perhaps a VG08 - http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1960&die_id=1960d1mm109&die_state=lds
...or pickled and sent back out into the wild.
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See that Collecting Nut...I started a trend!!
LOL...my apologies. I was stuck waiting in the truck for my son to return from a meet so I was trying to kill time on the phone. The trouble I...
Hello Leo - when taking photos and posting them for comment, you'll need to take 'optimal' photos. When taking photos of a specimen, you'll want...
Die deterioration. Note the outer devices are most affected. The material flow is also more noticeable as you get to the rim.
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