The densities are quite different, Copper is 8.96 and silver is 10.5. Silver is almost 15% higher. The last two pictures look like a regular...
Well worn 1943 cent, made from zinc plated steel because copper was a restricted war material and the mint was not allocated sufficient copper by...
Yes it is a decent coin, but it has nothing to do with the topic of the thread, 1982 cents.
Nice die cracks and I think the section between the two crack below the first 9 may be starting to form a retained cud. If the die continued in...
ICG wasn't in existence until well after PCGS and NGC started. I believe you are thinking of INS.
The problem is it is NOT any kind of a special set. Some dealer simply gathers together a bunch of the coins and then paid the grading service a...
If he means MS 68 and 69 then he is right. If he means the dates 1968 and 1969 then no.
Yes, face value. At least for US coins.
Considering the mint stopped striking coins for other countries in 1984, how would a DIE TRIAL from another mint, in another country, have wound...
It is moderately worn. Brand new it could have weighed as low as 2.98 grams so right now, with the wear, it is only .09 grams out of tolerance....
Well it does have a MAD. Not that this means much.
Not to mention the plating blisters.
I tend to wonder the same thing. We know what it looked like back in 1804. [img]
With the diagnostics identified on the reverse they could also be used to identify counterfeits of other date and mint combinations. Like the die...
If they were made here in the US they would have to be stamped COPY to not be in violation of the Hobby Protection Act. And since they do say...
In 1964 a man created a new product, the Postal Numismatic Cover or PNC. He also created a company, The 99 Company, to market them. Their first...
Did they refuse to certify it, or did they refuse to certify it as a "Cheerios" dollar?
All I can say at the moment is it is from Egypt.
First I've seen of that style. The question is, is this a different company? There have been several cases of different companies using the same...
NO. The whole point behind the W quarters was that the mint announced last year that they were planning to release a "rarity" into circulation....
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