I'm wondering about it being struck on a type 1 blank that still shows the edge shear from the blanking process.
Manganese not Magnesium, but yes the alloy is the problem here, mangnese did not mix well with the other metals probably because it had a much...
Yes they made four different cents and six quarters that year, but the mintages were WAY down due to the recession of 2008 and the flood of coins...
Actually the collection was left to the Harry Bass Foundation and they were to make it available to researchers. The foundation sold off his...
And it shows. :)
In Zimbabwe dollars.
Let's see the link.
Possibly a poor quality contemporary counterfeit. As Fred said a lead disk squeezed between two coins. I have seen others like this, but usually...
I see something going on but I don't believe the images are good enough to tell for sure what.
How high is up? PCGS coins tend to bring higher prices, but not necessarily because they are the best graders, but they do have the best...
Your mintage is off. Mintage of the 1794 liberty cap cents was 918,521.
Yes his medals were restored posthumously. If you are going to use Jim Thorpe as the subject, I do think this design is a good one. Or at least...
One thing that should be clear from these images, the doubling on just about any doubled die in the US coinage is the result of rotations or...
No Longacre doubling is on the dies when they are new and fades from use or lapping of the dies either before use or later after after having been...
S-187 Type 2 hair, small 8, top inner berry on the left points down.
I first saw these several years ago used with California fractionals, of course not with this label and hologram.
Even the guy that sold it didn't do a scam. In the description he says it looks like an alteration not a mint error. The buyer scammed themselves.
Yes I do, Usually starting about a month before the end of the year. You indicated you knew months (plural) before the article. That would be...
I'll take your word for it. I blew up the dirty one 500% and I couldn't see them. And I don't see a rim bump at K3.
Yes Cameron worked for ICG. What blue label? Have a picture? There were blue labels years ago that were used for foreign coins but maybe you...
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