No, the mint does not tumble coins after they are minted to dull the edges. They do have a washing process and in the case of dollar coins a...
Hi, There is no need to "judge again". Your coin matches up perfectly to the 1955 cent you posted. Your picture of the "VDB zone" shows three...
Believe what you want...I give up. If you can tell me what part of the minting process caused that, go for it. I am sure you can invent...
Hi, Please forgive my crude artwork but compare what I did to the image above. Thanks, Bill [IMG]
Anyone familiar with the hubs used during the various periods of production of Lincoln cents could tell you that the head is too big for the coin...
Captainkirk, I am not going to go through the entire process of how hubs and dies have been made since about 1909 but what you suggest has no...
That depends on the adhesive... Also, I feel it is important to note that this is not guesswork on my part. I've seen many coins, first hand...
Hi, The rationale is manifold: 1) noone has ever turned up a spooned coin made of clad material. 2) Nickel is much too hard a material to be...
1) copper is softer than nickel. 2) Nickel, the outer layer of a clad coin is very hard. 3) The dime....note, it's the edge where the copper is...
I am not going to get into it with you, I'll simply avoid your posts from here on in. BUT....this coin shows very little sign of any major die...
What did I say???...Older silver coins are spooned. they do exist. I never said they didn't. What I did say and said in other posts is that...
If a 1940 or 1941 cent goes through the same device, why would you think that the damage on each coin would look different. It can't be the...
We stopped producing circulation coins for other governments in around 1984. This coin is most likely brass plated as mentioned above. All the...
Just grease on the die. It was struck through a heavy layer that may have had some particles of debris mixed in and that's why the obverse looks...
Spooning, happens only with silver coins. Spooning does not happen with clad coins. The theory should be "clothes dryer" unless proven...
Let me ask you a simple question as I've seen dryer coins first hand coming right out of the dryer and , others here likely have not. If a coin...
Hi, That's not a die crack. It's the result of a scratch on the die, or an anomaly with the plating. Thanks, Bill
Joe, I'm not trying to be a pain, but you are wrong in many of your posts. If you are so sure of what you are looking at, why are you asking?...
It's a die chip.
Like i said, it could be, I am just not able to give a positive attribution based upon the pictures.
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