For damage? If there was everyone would start damaging all their common coins.
Probably about the 1975 proof set was no S mintmark on the dime. There are only two sets known.
It was the Onion, but it was one cent pieces not quarters.
Your coin is a Vermont RR-12 the die cracks and small cud at 12:00 on the reverse are found on that variety. And you are correct it is overstruck...
It was called the seven sisters because there are seven very bright stars in the cluster, but there are actually dozens (if not hundreds) of...
No. Because the dollars melted by the Pittman act did not come proportionately from all the dates and mints produced. Frankly the melt was...
There are also many companies in the metal plating business. New employees will often plate some pocket change just for kicks or as a novelty.
Yes it looks to me like both obv and rev dies are misaligned and in opposite directions.
Probably split plating with zinc rot setting in. That is a very common location for it.
It's in outer space.
If they think the corrosion is actively progressing they won't holder it.
The group of stars is roughly the brightest stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
They're the breakfast of Champions. :D
Did a little checking (very little) and in 1880 344,000 large cents were returned to the mint for remelting so apparently there were still some...
That is the thing about the leather, it conforms to the surface of the coin so the hammer blows are applied to the entire surface evenly and the...
Sticks to a magnet, nickel plated. And the only way to make a 40% silver quarter in 1968 would be to punch quarter blanks from half dollar stock,...
1969 S DDO 1970 S small date 1972 DDO 1982 D small date copper Anything after 1982 made of copper 1983 DDR 1984 DDO 1992 close AM 1992 D close AM...
That means nothing because the real ones were cast and often show flashings as well. But AnYangMan is right none of them were ever made in gold....
I thought the size was good, the color was a mistake, the design was not great and I was still annoyed that we got SBA even though the polls had...
Probably not that great a difference. With everyone searching a pulling them out as soon as they find them probably at least half the mintage...
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