The BB mint mark indicates the Strasbourg mint.
The French Republic adopted a calendar setting Year 1 as beginning September 22, 1792, so year 2 would start Sept 22, 1793, etc. That means year...
Thanks for the expert opinions. Since it is not my nickel, I felt I had to ask.
I'm thinking environment, too, but I doubt it was found with a metal detector. The person asking me to look at the coins is in her late 70s and...
A friend asked me to look through some coins of hers. Most were easy to identify for her. (Including the "Liberty Head Dime" she thought she had...
Does CC mint mean China China?
Congratulations @Gamerzilla2012
Nice gift! I wish I had the expertise to answer your question!
XF40. Ugly scratches on obv probably make it details.
I am not even close to being an expert, but it looks to me like blistering in the copper plating explains all the "doubled" places. Even if it...
They've also got a 66 that might only be worth as much as your house.
Personally, I don't trust the zinc cents to keep themselves from corrosion, even sealed and certified. An MS67 today might be an Uncirculated...
It sort of looks like one to me, so I can see what you are seeing. But as said above, it is the result of damage and the imagination.
Happy birthday!
Not an expert, but it looks like one to me.
I want in! You sure make things hard. I don't own any porcelain coins, so that is mighty tempting. But then I have a weakness for ancients....
Congrats! Thanks to you, Rob, for the contest!
What they said. By the way, if I owned a coin I even remotely thought might have any value above face, I would never touch it with anything like...
The problem with both "ping" and magnet tests is they only test the metal, which is fine if we are suspecting a contemporary counterfeit that only...
Only today they don't let that stop them from producing. Apparently they were wiser then than now.
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