Yes there is a lesser DDO 1969 S cent
I see what appears to be a die crack, I wouldn't consider that to be an error, just a die stage.
We would need to see GOOD images of the coin. Usually it is called "wishful thinking". There is also a fancy name for it, the mind seeing thing...
In 1970 a worker at the San Francisco mint put ONE 1941 Canadian quarter in the press and over struck it with proof Washington quarter dies. It...
I think it is a weak lettered edge. Caused by not enough pressure applied to the coin as it rolls through the edge die.
Luster graze, a new word for "light scrape".
That one we would need to see pictures of. Currently one one example is known.
I'd get an Ipass, but I only go through there once a year. It would take too long to use up the initial payment. I wouldn't trust them not to...
I will be there Thursday and Friday. I haven't gone in past years because it has always been two weeks after the Chicago International show and...
Makes us all want to collect pennys.
They supposedly finished redoing the masts and rigging in May of 2015. Are they down again?
a bunch of good reasons large cents should be collected raw. :)
Probably because every so often they renumber the coins in the reference catalogs. If they do that suddenly there are a whole lot of slabs out...
Not impossible, but the blank reverse won't be uniformly flat either.
What he means if the surfaces of the die has been abraded or ground down (polished) causing the relief to be lower and the details appear further...
You mis-spoke. In early copper RARE ends at 75 (R-5 31 -75 known), scarce ends at 200 (R-4 76-200 estimated).
And three sets of fingerprints on a coin made from a compositions that is very reactive and which has very delicate surfaces.
Grellman is the best reference for these. They do that a fair amount of experience/practice and it really helps i you have better condition...
The 10 pesos and up, not the 1 ,2, or 5 peso.
The mintage listed for the 2009-D nickel is wrong. Actual mintage was 48.6 million.
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