Furthermore, the cent on the left was minted in Denver and the one on the right was minted in Philadelphia.
Were you happy with the grades received?
Would like to add that a threat/factor to a decline in the popularity of coin collecting are parents not teaching/showing their children. A young...
My opinion (while being objective as I can) is that the coin collecting hobby will not suffer a collapse like what happened to stamps and sports...
If the mint never intended to change the design of the date and the different number sizing or font was due to inconsistent workmanship or limited...
Anyone said "a dime a dozen" yet? "A penny saved is a penny earned" "Wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard that"
This thread got me thinking about how many coin types, dates and mints have been made. I wonder what is the total number of coins it takes to...
Mine. In a dream I had last week.
It wouldn't surprise me if someone caught on to what the seller was doing (not very hard to do in this example) and began outbidding the shiller...
This seems to be a more common issue than it should be eh. I for one have seen it several times with coins I have purchased. What the hell is...
Oh and I ended up cracking the case now. Didn't have anything to do with the coldness. I tried tapping with a hammer after all the slamming. In...
I left it in the freezer for 1 hour. I can now say nothing worked. Coin seems hellbent on staying crooked forever. Oh well, at least I tried.
It's not a coin of high enough value to be worthy of paying a reholder fee and worthy of trying to fix myself (in my opinion). I will contact PCGS...
I still haven't gotten home but should be there soon. I will report the results. Thank you all for the comments and advice.
*duplicate post*
I thought about this also. I don't know how much this might help but I was going to first place it in a sealed zip-lock bag. At least it will...
My first inclination was to try heat but then realized that would probably tighten the pressure between the coin edge and plastic lip. I need for...
I just tried this in my car. Have a legal pad so I laid it on the passenger seat and started slamming away to no avail. At least it released some...
I will try this when I get home, thank you.
I'm attaching a photo showing how the edge is pressed against the prong lip. I just need it to literally drop about half a millimeter to fall into...
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