The law specifying the content of the bronze cent called for "95% copper" and "5% tin and zinc" with no specifics as to exactly how much tin and...
Very close. If you take a coin and squeeze it into a brass or possibly bronze plate it creates an incuse image of the coin as on a die. The...
The flawed #1 coin was NOT destroyed, it is the flawed coin that is in the #2 holder
I believe by original he means as in Early American Cents by William Sheldon 1949 although I believe that was only 60, 65, and 70. 63 and 67 I...
From what I understand from other reading the location of the actual #1 coin is known as well and it is in the holder marked #2.
Can't have a DDO on the date, the date wasn't part of the die when it was created. could be MD or RPD. I can't tell which from the image.
The die lumps you mention between the stars were chips in the master die and they show up on many differerent dies in the 1840's.
OK there were the two groups I previously mentioned (error the S mint business strike cents started in 78 not 76), plus 1977 - 1979 quarters...
By which time the EAC community was discarding the system. Even after his body type theories were discredited though, he still had enough...
Not sure why everyone is saying plated. Looks to me like a normal near MS coin changing from red to red brown. Of course you can't trust images.
It definitely shows evidence of double striking on both sides of the coin, but I'm not sure if the second strike was done in the press or with...
At that time all dies were made at Philly. Today Philly makes all the master dies and hubs. Denver makes their own working hubs and dies, Philly...
Not the major one that everyone hopes to find.
It is not the major one. Impossible to tell from images if it is the minor one.
I see some die deterioration and maybe a little grease fill.
The 1982 is worth 1 cent. The 1982 D is valuable ONLY if it is a small date (and you are right on the 3.1 gram weight.).
Correct, there is at the moment only a single confirmed example.
Back whem it was "shiny" if it showed cartwheel luster then it was worth something.....then. Now that the zinc has all oxidized and any luster is...
That was tried back in 1942 to save metal for the cent, and even with the great patriotic fervor of the time it failed. It was tried again during...
Only non SMS that you can distinguish by date and mint is the 1967 Kennedy half. They were ALL made in Denver. And there are a lot more...
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