So you think both the US mint and the dictionaries are wrong? I think teh mint has done a fine job of education most of us.
I don't see anything of note for either in hand.
That is why I said "The right appears to be a lamination due to contamination i.e. a foreign body in the planchet." You have no way of telling me...
I think the right side is PMD. Look at that scratch through the D and W and tell me that is not post strike. The right appears to be a...
I have had descent luck with NTC graded coins. Not that they are accurately graded, but that I can get a fair coin cheaply. I am not sure I can...
At least since 1909 according to the US mint. http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/circulating/01centCoin.cfm and there are numerous other such...
I have no idea how you can conclude that. Just because the lamination is deeper at the top does not necessarily indicate a terminal tear. And...
Not necessarily. I have seen more than one where the letters did not delaminate and that is what I think I am seeing on the T. I cannot prove it...
The 42-S I also believe is a lamination, but post strike. How else could the L and T be that fully struck. The 69-S may be corroded dies, but my...
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