wonderful surprise, what a great thing to find in ones postbox.
The full coin shown on Numista looks to be a business strike, and the edge image could be the proof version, maybe there is a slight difference...
If that is copper showing through then it was re-processed, JMO And it is a cent not a dime,maybe a typo in your title
Course it is, you gave it to me, LOL
Thanks, I knew there must be a term for it
This 1968-S LMC has a ghost image of Lincoln on the reverse. Is there technical term for this? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1946 Norway 50 Ore [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a grand total of two.1942 was among the collection I inherited, the 1941 was gifted to me last year by @tibor [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Picked this at the coin shop today. In a well worn 2x2 and marked at 30€. He accepted 25€. I have checked and the VAM is 3Fi [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Is this 1989-D LMC the victim of extreme machine doubling or something to do with the plating when struck. I would like to reference it as...
I quite agree. I bought an Austrian re-strike because it was great. 1892 Gold 8 Florin 20 Franc [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1982 was the transition year with the early part of the year producing copper cents and then switching to copper plated zinc later in the same year.
The sad reality is that a lot of countries produce coinage not for people to admire their aesthetic beauty, but for spending
They are plating bubbles where the thin copper coating over the zinc core did not bond properly. Pic is two distant to see any possible doubling....
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Congratulations on a milestone. It is the quality of your posts not the quantity that counts, as proved by the number of likes you have received....
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