When looking at coins like this you have to stop and ask yourself "could this happen during the minting process?" How woulf the incused digit on...
post it here with some good photos and most likely someone will be able to identify it Richard
due to the type of printing used to print notes the ink is raised on the paper. Ironing will smooth the paper but it will also flatten out the...
You will find coins that are out of these encasements but it is really not worth it to try to remove them as the process of minting them damages...
Marshall Minor correction-thats the Lincoln Memorial not Monticello
He didn't say any such thing. He stated they weren't legal tender over a certain ammount. As virtually everyone over the age of 6 knows, all you...
looks like a struck through to me. Richard
Interestingly enough it will end up less than a mile away, and on the same street as where it was kept when it was in John Quincy Adam's collection.
Thanks for the PM. This one will be in my possession in 3-5 days Thanks Richard...
Hi Stainless If you don't mind me asking what did this run you? I'm looking for something from the John Quincy Adams Collection as he was a...
Although waffling is used by the mint on coins that may have some error or another you need to remember that the waffling itself is not an error,...
I don't think this is lamanation at all. Laminations by nature tend to be in one direction, the direction of the flow of the poorly mixed alloy....
The reason there are no signs of the coin being hit by the wrapping machine finger is that it probably happened when the coin was fairly new and...
That appears to be a retained cud. The edge of the die has cracked but hasn't fallen off yet. Richard
yep, minor brain phart there, it has been corrected,
You say that the memorial is raised and not incuse? This would mean that the image is probably the results of two coins being glued together and...
Based only on the way they were selling at last month's local show I would expect that they have raised the premium due to popularity Richard
RickieB's stuff is totally for real and one of the finest collections of its type. He is sorely missed by many on this forum. I suspect that this...
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got mine the other day, THANKS!
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