As long as you are collecting them for your own enjoyment you can't lose. But if you are collecting them in the hopes of making money off them...
Can't be sure from the blurred images but I suspect partially plated planchets. Coins still appear to have luster so I don't think it is caused...
Probably a newbie that has is first price guide and is assuming all the coins are worth the values listed in the far right column. I see that a...
Looks like a legitimate clip that has seen a lot of circulation and subsequent damage which minimizes its value, but it is real.
I think you have two things going on, I think you have a strikethrough on the torch itself and the leaf ER. The horizontal lines in the field...
Reread my last post and think about it. Higher pressure = more fully struck rims = the appearance of a thicker coin but the blanks start out the...
If they stopped minting the cent for one year they would probably never start again. Before the year was up you would have shortages and...
If they stopped making cents there soon would be a shortage of them. Actually there would be MORE federal funds. The Mint does not receive funds...
Jack is right, not a head of 95, head of 94 and the attribution is S-55 a common variety. A net grade of G-4 is probably about right, I think...
I would assume he DID mean what he said. He asked about the COPPER 2009 cents (Mint set and proof set coins) not the common plated zinc cents.
When they have foreign material on them which if not removed will eventually lead to further damage.
Mint set coins supposedly are struck with a higher pressure which should result in more fully struck rims and thus the appearance of a "thicker"...
No, each series/denomination has its own tolerance range. In the current coins the cent tolerance is +/- .1 gram, 5 cent is +/- .19 grams. dime...
It means someone had a B stamp they wanted to test.
The Presidential dollar series ended with Reagan and the program is over. For George H. W. Bush to get a coin it would require new congressional...
Toddly, this is a 7 and a half year old thread. and that is also how long it has been since rcastero has been here.
Spec is 2.28 +/- .09 grams so anything between 2.19 and 2.37 is considered normal.
As they say, pictures or it didn't happen. So far EVERY person that has come here claiming to have an 82 D small date copper has turned out to...
Acid soaked.
There are a couple of electrotypes that are claimed to have been made at the mint. I'm not sure how you would prove that unless they are...
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