Die chip in the 5
Yes, it took a hit sometime back.
It hasn't seen all that much circulation. But, is was a very poor die. On the stalk it looks like a strike through some loose debris that...
There are numerous chips and laminations around this nice Lincoln. The line coming off the forehead is a scratch. The reverse has several...
Detectors and old houses are great. One Christmas in the mid 70's we gave our oldest son a detector. There were several inches of snow and the...
That does make a big difference. The members here are the best there are.
They are probably minting them right now. Well, not today as it is a holiday. They do mint well ahead of the new year. That's why the "First...
Well, that includes an arbitrary and useless label.
Now you will be getting @paddyman98 interested. That's how he finds a lot of his coins. LOL
Yes. I started in 1948 when my aunt gave 2 Liberty V Nickels. One was an 1883 without cents and the other was an 1885. The value of the 1885, $5...
Notice that I don't have any Key or Rare dates. All of these were very readily available in circulation when I started collecting.
Nice finds. Old home sites are good. When I was very little my grandma gave me a walking liberty half for my collection. I sat down on our cistern...
Are you considering this because the reverse will be the last of this series?
Remember, you can buy old paper rolls and fill them yourself. Do some searching and find some.
I keep them all. They are fun to find and I keep them.
Here are some of mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I tried to find the dot earlier and couldn't.
Thanks Fred. I've had that coin since I was very young, probably 70 years, I don't recall ever doing anything to the surface. I never intend to...
The listing in Cuds on Coins refers to Heritage Auctions. Does that mean there was an auction for one of these? I looked through Heritage but...
Thanks John
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