I haven't had any different stuff to look at for a while, so I went to my bank a got some nickel rolls and quarter rolls. I found a 1936 D...
Note that my mood is sarcastic.
Theft at a Boy Scout Meeting?
How can a coin with laminations be delaminated? There would still be some laminations that haven't delaminated yet. Is delamination more exciting...
Found in change way back when: [ATTACH]
I was Conductor and Brakeman on trains that went through a small town. The college in that town had been sold to a California cult, The Maharshi...
I think I am too. I will be 79 next month and am probably over due to stop looking close at my coins.
Virtually everything you buy from the US Mint gets cloudy and milky in short order. Not worth the hassle and premiums. I quit too.
With all the discussion above, is it safe to say that the circled line might be the top of the T in cents? It looks possible, but is it too far to...
By lapped do you mean the coin or the die?
Thanks for the feedback. I was sure it happened at the minting process. The die stage seems like a good description to me. However, the condition...
It seems to me that die clashes have more uniformity. This is jagged and varies in height from the surface while remaining in the continuation of...
It looks like it is a continuation of one die crack along the front of the coat.
One crack runs at the edge of the coat to the tie. There is a large separation between some of the tie and the coat. I think it happened at the...
I just found this 1957 D with a die crack along the neck and one along the front of the jacket. [ATTACH]
They are gold
Some of my favorites are coins that worked for a living.
Very thoughtful of you @Marsden. I would entertain a similar process to lighten my collection. However, with 14 grandkids and 21 great grandkids I...
Great news Ed.
As presented one of the ugliest coins I have seen.
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