While the obverse photo is a little blurry, it looks as if the coin on the right is in slightly better condition.
With the cuds I assume bigger is better. That is a massive cud. Nice score.
The prob with casino money, it gets used over and over and is very scratched and worn. Our casinos are all retrofitted to be paper in and paper...
If you use a penny, and there is a problem because of it, your insurance will not pay your claim. Everything should have been replaced to circuit...
I had read newspaper articles about people paying their fines that way. That's why I mentioned it. I always thought stores/ entities had to accept...
It's already been shown that they don't have to accept a pile of pennies or nickels when someone is paying a ticket or taxes or w/e. They can...
When the letters and digits are missing like that it is from a grease filled die that wasn't completely cleaned out. I'll try to find mine and...
When everyone is onboard with rounding up or down to the nearest nickel, it's really a non issue. After that happens people are going to be...
When something is that expensive you want it to be certified as genuine by a grading company rather then find out later it is fake and you have no...
Looks like grease. Minor error, but a keeper.
You have to work backwards. Reverse engineer. How did the mark get there? Where did it come from? What part of the minting process created it? It...
Yeah they made regular S coins in 68, 69 and 70. (Nickels) Generally speaking it is going to be much easier to find a proof with full steps than a...
If it is a proof coin it doesn't qualify for full step designation. Maybe they changed the rules, but a coin had to be MS to be considered for...
Acetone won't damage the metal on the coin or change the color. I wasn't sure if it was verdegris, when I said goo, that is what I meant and...
There is some green goo on the forehead hair, and bun hair. Acetone?
Usually you have to see a date, but if there is only 1 date for this, then they know what it is. It would only rate P-01 if it was determined that...
Nice chocolate look. F/VF? For the 1/100th it's almost $500 in F. (USA Coin Book) IDK if it would grade VF 20 (I am around 12-15) but in VF 20 UCB...
Usually with jewelry there is a loop or a removed loop at 12 o'clock. Assuming this is solder, and held it in place in a ring? You could very...
No offense but I barely see 1 step on that coin.
If the Red Book is printed (yearly?), I prefer a coin listing that keeps up with the current values. Printing new values once a year is pointless...
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