Did a little searching, and contamination of the copper, most notably by bismuth at levels over .003%, can cause brittleness and fracture in...
If it really bothers you get a good color image of one, a color laser printer, and some card stock and make your own. :D
Just remember, the coin hobby has been populated with "old white guys" for over a hundred years now.
There is already a collectible coin on Mars. One of the rovers up there has an Unc 1909 VDB cent attached to it. (Used to judge chemical...
Try the leaves at the ends of the wreath as well. On both of the 1808 reverses (three varieties but only two rev dies) the gap between the ends of...
It wasn't extended. Once it was decided to skip over Carter and issue a coin for President Reagan, Nancy's coin was automatically scheduled as...
I'm not sure but I suspect these two varieties are both from the same die pair with the A33 being a later stage after teh die has badly rusted and...
Yes, that is what it is.
I'll guarantee it doesn't say that. I don't know much Arabic but I can recognize the word Allah.
A little while back someone got a full box of 2018 D half dollars as well. I'm starting to think they may actually be making the half dollars for...
The 36 dot cent is a completely different thing. That dot was deliberate and it wasn't an error.
Problem is the edge lettering is not applied to the dollar coins at the time of striking They are applied in a second step afterward. The edge...
My prediction is once they stop making them they will be effectively gone from circulation within about one year. People won't be hoarding them...
Well it is cleaned and damaged and it IS a wide AM which is the normal coin for that year so it is probably worth about one cent.
I wanted to vote for both of the last two choices.
If I recall correctly, when I was there back in 1967 they said it was dropped down into the vault each evening. And thanks for the mention about...
If they are fairly randomly distributed you should get about 20 of them in a box. And how many 2009 dimes and nickels have you found? Their...
Yes buy an improperly annealed (or environmental damage coin) typically tend to look like that on both sides. This coin is both underweight and...
Now that We have the Heritage Archives I really should repeat some research I did on these years ago. I was curious if the coins were really hand...
You have assumed he is building a Registry set. He may just be putting together a type set that are all PCGS graded.
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