Sounds like it could be a contemporary counterfeit. If so those have collector value as well.
1838's are not easy to attribute but your coin definitely isn't a N-15. 1838's can be grouped into two broad categories those with perfect E's in...
But of course that won't help you identify DDO2 or 3.
Value ... one cent.
How often have we said that most coin dealers don't know anything about errors? This one proved it.
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Check the coins and don't buy coins that don't meet YOUR standards.
CARE was a similar product that came in a brown glass bottle. It was a little "thicker" than blue ribbon and many EACers liked it better (I only...
And the first two are not coins, they are medals.
Dies are set by hand and they are not always perfectly centered, and due to where the flat is ground on the side of the body of the die the dies...
They will still be SMS coins, the problem is whether or not they can be recognized as SMS coins. lower end SMS coins look like good quality...
That is correct, but that was for a 1982 D small date cent struck in copper. The only similarity to your coin is that they are both dated 1982.
Another truly ugly design. Of course it probably one of the best of the 18 truly ugly design proposals that were selected as possible designs.
The brown bottle was CARE, Blue Ribbon (at least my bottles) are in clear glass.
I don't believe the mint can decide to do that. The SBA dollar is no longer on the list of authorized coins so it would require congressional...
Where would San Francisco have gotten a 90% silver planchet in 1968? Theyhadn't had silver quarter sized planchets since 1954. They did strike...
Can't write off you own time, especially for a "hobby".
If the dealer doesn't "do" varieties, then as far as he is concerned their is only one variety. The one piece listed in the Redbook. Variety...
And in their guarantee they make the point that if something is OBVIOUSLY wrong it is a mechanical error. The huge scratch on the obverse quite...
That's why the CACC came about.
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