Looks like a bad case of surface corrosion to me. Zinc rot. Very common in 1983 Cents.
Nice find Thad. Do you see any die markers on it? Coppercoins.com doesn't list any from the specimen they examined. Since yours is in such...
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Wow. Thanks for sharing this catbert. I'm just gonna go be depressed about my collection now.
That could be the case on any zinc plated Cent 1982 and beyond, but the Cents struck in 1979 were not plated.
Will, I believe that when you are merely asking questions you are helping to contribute some knowledge. And yes, stick around here and you'll be...
It's a lot of fun and can be good to relieve tension after the work week. :D I can tell you that from experience. I once had to carry out this...
I think it was the philosopher Nietzche who said, "If I had a hammer, I'd hammer me some coins together." Or something like that. I know that...
Closest I found was this which is from NGC(official grading company of the ANA). It states that toned coins can get a higher grade by virtue of...
Most of Charmy's are toned and several of them are >65. http://www.thepennylady.com/charmyscollection.html
Jesse- Take a look at the photo on this thread. If it's the hub doubled variety you should also see that doubled spike of the tail of the two....
PM me with your address and I'd be happy to send one to you.
That's what I was thinking, so the above rule would not apply.
Is the Hudson River up ahead?:D
Sounds like you probably will not have need for that stipulation, as the buyers will not be suggesting the value or selling price to the sellers.
I would agree with this only if you deliberately deceive someone into thinking something is worth less than actual market value in order to buy it...
Dollar- Nice filled die error. It was probably struck through grease. This happens when the grease used for lubrication builds up on the die...
When it comes to selling, deliberate deception and/or misrepresentation.
There shall be no fraud. Other than that it's buyer and seller have at it.
Thanks. As I searched a couple of more rolls of these, I discovered this on a lot of coins from different dies. I'm not sure if there was a...
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