Back when they had a specific link for reporting fake coins they had a text box that allowed up to 10K characters for describing the problem.
If you mean the breast of the caribou that appears to be a scratch.
The images aren't clear, but from what I see I suspect we may be seeing either shear lines from the punching of the blank, or scrapes formed on...
Metal flowlines from die wear.
1793 was the first year that coins were issued under the Constitution (The 1787 Fugio was also a US coin but issued under private contract and...
Both appear to be the same variety, coin 1 is a little sharper, coin 2 has a little better surfaces, but may have had a light cleaning long ago.
If you crack it out try to do so as gently as possible and send me the shell, I don't have one of those. Do you have an image of the back?
second year.
Take brass plate, put cent on it head side down hit with sledge hammer. Take another brass plate put cent on it reverse down hit with sledge...
And it is a type 1 reverse so it was made in 1975.
Since it is thin at the bottm on both sides that would mean the dies were both misaligned, but is DIFFERENT directions. And none of the design is...
They aren't person trying to sell them has no idea what they are worth and they see what looks like a price that think that must be what it is...
Notice on Michael K's coin the obv die is is misaligned. The rim at the lower left is noticeable thinner than on the upper right.
They aren't "bent" they are damaged. The lines or "hairs on the wheat" that are taking off at an angle are lines from a scrape. If it was done...
You need to compare it to some other 1999 coins to see if it is normal for the date. The 1999's came almost 20 years after the previous coins so...
One way people used to make fake 1950 D nickels was to alter 1959 D nickels through alteration by removing the tail of the 9. In a few cases they...
Well if some came out and weren't pulled by collectors they would have gone back to the banks and been rerolled with mixed date coins.
I think he was kind of trying to when he said That's why I think he was referring to those autopen signed labels. I don't think he was...
I think The Finn was referring to the Baseball coins where they had labels "signed" by players long dead. Of course in the case that was posted...
That is why when I use acetone my final rinse is a FLOWING rinse pouring fresh acetone over the coin, so it flushes and carries away any remaining...
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