I understand. I wasn't on the internet at work when I posted this contest either. :D
Sure. I understand that, and can spot die markers that are typically dead give aways with late die stages, but even those are sometimes...
That was quick. I should have made them more difficult.:thumb:
I was recently the winner of Flyers10's last contest and received a BU roll of 1959-D LMCs. I pulled 2 1959D-1MM-030 repunched mint marks out of...
Heavily polished die. I come across these a lot. You'll normally only notice the die lines in the fields. These lines can be quite useful for...
Very common as the dies were stretched to their limits and suffered heavy deterioration.
1982 was the first year of the zinc core, so it's probably just post-mint damage that exposed the zinc. Looks like it just has a lot of...
BHP- Thanks for your answer on this one. Luster makes sense as well as separation of the devices from the rim. The LDS examples are fairly easy...
Does anyone out there know of a photographic tutorial for determining die states? In looking for errors, I know that the markers are listed as...
Thanks RLM. Defining it as the lowest mintage of the series would make sense to me for a "key date."
Speaking of which, is there a technical definition of key vs. semi-key in the numismatic world?
Never seen that before!
Flyers10- Thanks again for the great contest. Coins arrived yesterday in perfect condition. So that's what a OBW roll looks like eh? From what...
I'm in. PM sent. Thanks for the contest!
Congrats to everyone! Thanks for the contest and a special thanks to your daughter for giving me some luck!
Timberwolf, Welcome to Coin Talk! Unfortunately it will take a much better focused and much larger photo for us to be able to recognize and...
Definitely looks small date. As for BU, who knows. I certainly would not pay that price without seeing photos of the full obverse and reverse of...
I want the contact info for your supplier if you're picking up rolls of BU small date '70S for fifteen bucks!
Congrats everyone, and thanks to Flyers10 for the contest!
That was exactly what I was thinking. This all just makes no sense to me.
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