Wow that does look very similar! I will need to get those countermark measurements, (honestly I forgot about this thread, so thanks for bringing...
Personally no I don't think it has the 89 reverse, but if you could get clearer photos that would be easier to tell for certain.
That's rather awesome looking!
Nice!!!
Reverse lettering doesn't look right especially and in spots the denticles are iffy. Not genuine IMO.
Nice! Where do you get you're uncleaned batches? I got some from DirtyOldCoins (the HolyLand ones) and most are unrecognizable metal slugs...
I think so. The rim would be much thicker if the dime was fully struck as it causes metal to move out towards the rim. Sometimes you'll even find...
That's a nice Caligula! I like the reverse. I'm starting to collect the 12 Caesar's (even tho I haven't ever really collected ancient lol) but...
haha yes thanks for correcting me!
If you're working on an IOS device, the app Krop Circles allows for circular cropping, as the name implies (lol).
I think I see what you're getting at. These images will help. [IMG] [IMG]
That is a good point actually
I believe that is within the mint tolerance if it is indeed 27*.
Due to a change in the die creation process, coins older than 1989 can not bear a repunched mintmark. Hope this helps!
Most definitely the black background. The white seems to appear washed out while the black provides nice contrast IMO.
Lg. date
Looks to me like a normal 1988 reverse on the last two. The first is hard to tell. Basically if the part of the G that's supposed to be "boldened"...
Theyre definetely special!
Most definetely is cool! For $0.25 the learning experience is totally worth it. I got a lot of other interesting foreigns with this. Including...
Funny. That’s pretty awesome though, must’ve been really cool to see them all together. It’s funny, I know what you mean by that copper smell,...
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