Look for a partial or complete set in a Dansco...you pay a premium for the tough dates but less for the common ones...they could all be hand...
Have you tried to locate any living relatives?
Bet you have some nice toners in there! I browse thru my Danscos a few times a year....always a nice surprise hiding.
Sounds like normal retail pricing to me...a bit too high!
Can,t see any major doubling...has orange peel surfaces...well worn dies show ware around devices which mimic doubling.
66 Maybe FB...water spot on obv. and tiny rim ding may keep it from a 67?
I think they,re 63s, but hate the GSA holder scratches...those would bother me a lot...
So the gold toning is a reflection in the pic. A nice oddity probably left well enough alone...and by the way, there is substantial evidence of...
Your coin is toning the same color as the paper in the flip...very typ. of silver coins stored near paper products...many pre 1959 mint sets also...
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That coin was in a man,s shirt pocket when he was struck by lightning and vaporized, leaving only the coin behind.
Thank,s for the great thread...I learned a lot more about the coins I look at every day...There,a a lot more to see than meets the eye, and now...
So we have 2 different explanations, both are similar but worded a bit differently...I understand the implications of both, and will give further...
So in this case, the subject coin is in a die state of later deterioration, and the others I compared it to are in a state of lesser...
So, in a sense, as a particular die progresses thru it,s life, one could predict that after each successive strike, the die has worn a little more...
Here we go again...errors or mistakes are not a die variety in my book, and, die varieties are not errors. These both occur in different phases...
Very good question...will wood give off harmful gasses? I believe these boxes are stained and varnished, the treys are lined with inert black...
My older brother and I coated Merc. dimes with mercury from a broken thermometer when we were Kids. Wer,e both still alive, but a little deranged.
I prefer mine in original capsules, but not in the original boxes. Right now, I store them in 2x2 Guardhouse boxes, but I,m thinking of a...
Is Fidel Castro on any coins?
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