This is how all pennies should be made! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Chris:hilarious:
First, welcome to the neighborhood, Bradley! The dealer that told you that is full of it. It's just a marketing ploy to sell the coins. Chris
Yes, it is damage! Chris
Not that I disagree with you, but why are there die clashes on Morgan Dollars listed in the CPG? Chris
Assuming two or more coins with the same date & mintmark are found: Is a clash considered an error or a variety? Is a cud considered an error or...
What good would that do? Even if someone read it, we'd probably get a lot of, "Well, the damage you illustrated is on the obverse, but the anomaly...
Thanks for posting this. Perhaps one day I might be able to buy the dies from the ANS for one of my (less historic) MACO medals. Chris
@JCro57 Joe, this damage doesn't bother me as much as the people who find coins like this and think they are Mint errors. Chris
So, when wifey says she needs a new car, what are you going to say?:shame: Chris:rolleyes:
These marks look more like scratches to me. Chris
The third image is a nice example of the Blakesley Effect showing the flattened rim at "LIBERTY". Chris
You couldn't find anything here? I've never even heard of this..... "The reference work on this type of token is the “Atwood-Coffee Catalog of...
Gee, I don't remember seeing her in the pool room. Chris:woot:
Copper pennies do; crappy zincolns don't! Chris
You don't want to know what I was doing when I was 14. Chris
You can make a ring out of a spooned coin. Look it up! Chris
@Conder101 would know, but I believe the pronged holder was introduced somewhere around 2008. Chris
It's interesting to note that younger people have a tendency to think that a coin like this 1947D is old! Thanks a lot! I was born in 1947. Chriso_O
@Mark68 While the flattened rim may be indicative of a spooned coin, the mushy devices are indicative of a dryer coin. I think it is a dryer...
I found this at the Token and Medal Society site. I don't know if the reference mentioned will help or not....
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