Davidh If the heat is applied by a torch then the heat right at the tip of the flame will be much hotter than the coin will be just 1/2 inch...
If the cent is newer than 1981 then it is just the copper plating has been rubbed off and the zinc core is showing throught Richard
great words of wisdom! since i've never been banned from anywhere I can assume I'm not included in that list. richard
Numismatic Education I found this post on "Numismatic Education" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Coin Talk Thread of the Week...
Actually those rings are not "spooned" but made by another method as is evidenced by the fact that you can still see parts of the coin including...
Setting aside the arguement whether or not a person would "spoon" a dime, the end result is the same. Spooning is not a term for an error it is...
Just a heads up buddy, the toad and company have tun wild while you were gone. They edited all over the "guess the next poster" thread!
The term "spooned" relates to the process by which jewelry is made from coins.. There was no intent of that here as a dime treated in this manner...
Bill you and I are beating our heads against the same wall!
some how that wasnt there when I was typing. Idon't type THAT slow! how about 1904?
1905?
Here's anothe site that is good for understanding how to sort the 1982's http://www.thecentproject.com/sort1982.php
based on the rounding of the edges I would bet this coin has taken a lengthy ride in a commercial clothes dryer, beating the edges down and...
other than the three cent nickel, are these coins you need or just trade fodder? if they are fodder then you could do much better with some...
Not to doubt you folks, but wouldn't a late state die cap cause the image to stretch, causing lincoln's bust to be larger than normal?
you are close toadie but that doesn't account for the extra material which makes this a glue job instead. richard
The reason we can't tell you what kind of error it would be is because it isn't possible to have this particular scenario from the mint ahd...
My dealing with "coin dealers" is that unless they specuialize in errors and oddities they don't have a clue about them. If that raised area was...
the dime was glued or siliconed to the cent. the raised part you are looking at is that glue residue and will peel off. Why did they do this? who...
This is a total joke. Not only does it not touch the "9" but even if it did it would not be all that uncommon. Mint marks can be all over the...
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