That's great Gary. Congrats!
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Nice find!
It's called zinc rot. The copper plated cents were prone to do that. Welcome to the forums!
You're probably seeing the difference between type 1 and type 2. Looks like you have a type 1....
Thought you were about to tell us that was your newest acquisition!
Let's all sing it now, "Too much time on my hands..." :D That's actually awesome with the finished ring.
Linc-What part of NE GA are you in? I grew up in Toccoa and thanks to being directly in the May 5th, 1989 tornado that hit I'm also a wx junkie....
I do understand what you are saying though. I'm the same way. I know technically yada-yada-yada....but when I'm looking for a coin for my...
!!! +1 Send all these you don't want my way!
Makes me wonder what this company is seeing that I'm not though. Why don't they crack it out and send it to PCGS?
BTW, the last MS64 FB graded by PCGS and sold by Heritage in '09 went for $4600. Care to gamble? :D
That gash over the eye could negate the numerical grade, but it's definitely an FSB designation in my opinion. You could probably get that coin...
Unfortunately not, but there's plenty of stuff out there that is, so just keep searching and you'll find something.
Having just searched a bag of coins that I was fortunate enough to get that came from the rejects bin of of a bank sorting/rolling machine, I was...
Welcome to the forums though! Always fun to find interesting things, even if it's not an error.
In this case there is no need. That coin is definitely damaged after it left the mint. These get posted here all the time.
Full Split Bands. Here's a link:http://mercurydime.net/full-split-bands-mercury-dimes/
Exactly. It's either been spooned or caught in a dryer for a few loads.
Those full bands are very rare. That redbook value is for not so rare version that doesn't have full split bands.
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