You have a cent made in 1968. By 1968 the master die had spread tremendously, making the In God We Trust much closer to the rim than it should've...
The weight to at least one decimal point is going to be the real key here. I'm afraid I cannot tell a copper coin from a copper plated coin from a...
Just a few hundred million more to shoot down, assuming we don't start seeing the same coins multiple times.
Yes,if you can get images similar to the three that you posted in this thread, that would be good. We could work with those images. They're not...
Come on it's already been resurrected once. [IMG]
Your close-up gave me the answer you're looking for. It is a strikethrough. The material it was struck through is thin enough that it allowed the...
It depends upon how much damage the Grellman card did by attacking it. :)
Talking about thickness on the struck coin is an exercise in futility. Most people try to judge the thickness of a coin by looking at the edge....
Retire. Keep the book recommendations coming.
Yes that would make me happy. Without that disclaimer purchasers are going to be under the impression that every penny of the surcharges going to...
It is an N-14. No question about it.
To the best of my knowledge, all of them have gotten their surcharges with the exception of two, the Yellowstone commemorative, and the Girl...
Something mashed it at that point but not hard enough to wipe out the design.
I believe on the numismatic crime thread on another forum they were identified as being proof 63's.
There are pattern 1871 trade dollars, but a real one of those would be highly unusual to run across. On the other hand there are literally...
Looks real to me.
Okay he was talking about what could happen to the die to cause a depression behind the ear, not the swelling of the point of the bust. Good point...
Yes the report mentions large cents and half cents, but as you can see from the title in that section it refers to all the coins that of been...
Just a little over a ton.
Okay okay, since the 1800s. :)
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