It created the bubbles on the reverse as well. Heated, bubbled, big bubble on the obv collapsed.
One problem is you start having the same problem they had back before 2002. Sometime the W coins don't stay white. And it you more heavily tone...
Fake silver round.
There was a firm that produced these catalogs and they sold them to coin dealers with the covers customized to the particular dealer. So it is...
It looks like OGP to me. I believe the "Packaged by U S Mint" in the lower right corner is molded in raised letters in the plastic. Also I think...
If it isn't a REALLY nice one, Yes. Because there is no way to tell a sub-par SMS coin from a nicer business strike. Even the TPG's can't tell...
They could if the coin was rejected by the mint as an actual mint error before it was waffled. Say an incomplete planchet or off-center for example
I would say either plated or someone has done a very good job of removing the copper plating. A non-plated cent should have smooth surfaces and...
I would suspect a grease fill. I don't know if you can remove the entire date without breaking through into the copper core.
The unbarred A's aren't that unusual. I don't know if it was an accident or done deliberately due to a broken punch but using upside down V's for...
"To Infinity, and beyond!"
I knew collectors that were trying to put together "The Worlds Worst Type Set" years before the grading services even came into existance. So...
Broadstruck is what I'm thinking as well.
But you wan the one that CAC declined to sticker, that would indicate that it was low end for the Poor-1 grade.
Other than 1979 S and 80 S SBA dollars, San Francisco hasn't made any S mint coins for circulation since 1974.
In GENERAL, areas east of the Mississippi river get Philadelphia coins and areas west of the river get Denver coins. Now that isn't a hard and...
The title calls it a 1955 D dobled die, but in the actual description it is described as " 1957 error on B". And that is the full description....
Try it sometime. I think you will find it isn't as easy as you think.
I did at one time, but that was in the late 60's. Had a few I had made at Oak Ridge.
May have found it, June 11 Coin World but I can't view the article.
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