That's their wording; not mine.
This is also being discussed here: http://www.cointalk.com/t130186/ What gets me is also how deceptive HSN's wording is regarding it.
I think it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. With acid restored dates on Buffalo nickels if you are trying to just build a set and...
That's awesome. I have a question though-what is it going to look like when they all turn brown? It doesn't look like they are protected.
Real or fake? Anyone got the diagnostics for this one?
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Up until 1990 all mint marks were put onto each die by hand, so you will see a lot of variation in the locations.
Thanks. I'll go with a 63.
In hand does it look like a scratch or a struck through?
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I went with 64.
I sent Mike Diamond a message asking him about this one, and he just sent me a message back confirming that this is indeed a split planchet that...
+1. Doesn't that borderline on fraudulently altering a coin? Stating that it's a proof(oh, but not really!!)?
Bone, As Joe pointed out, having it slabbed a discovery piece would be more for your own edification than it would be for added value to the...
You're right. I could have sworn I read that it was split before the strike. Still though, even before the strike the planchet would have had...
Nice one Thad. All the hallmarks of a lam.
Even though the coin in the following link is not as well struck on the Obverse as the OP's coin(perhaps it was even thinner), notice the...
Given the degree of what looks like lamination peeling on the obverse I wouldn't rule out a split planchet.
I could very well be looking at the "reds" by coincidence, but from what I've seen with the coins I've looked at in Heritage's Auction Archives...
Here you go. I came across this today searchig a bag of junk/cull coins and several more just like it. Even makes a different sound when...
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