Those testers do penetrate slightly into the surface. If it is that would explain the odd reading. It is seeing the zinc below the surface. And...
Looks like a good deal to me. I'd happily pay that for it.
Every shield nickel IS a die variety. Just like every large cent is a die variety and every Morgan dollar is a VAM. The question is to identify...
If you are just exchanging cash for cash they don't HAVE to give you anything. If you are removing money from an "on demand" account (as most...
The fact that it is slightly magnetic would tend to indicate that it was plated with nickel.
The ones after 2008 (with the date on the edge) have a different reverse design each year. If you tell us the inscription on the reverse we can...
So I hand you a coin that has no trace of wear on it whatsoever. You have no idea how I acquired it. Is it uncirculated? And if not, what it is...
I would suggest posting your question and pictures in a new thread rather than a six year old one.
Not in 1976. A Canadian five cent would but not a cent.
JPM is a manufacturer of video gambling machines based in the UK. Wheter the token was made by JPM or one of their customers I don't know. The...
Anything special about it? No 1976 cent is supposed to stick to a magnet.
Thanks, haven't seen the Security Rare Coins Grading before but it is in an ACG slab shell and is almost certainly one of the Encapsulation...
Yes it is a NGC5 slab, and no I can't tell the green and brown borders apart. I have never seen them fake these earlier holders so it is almost...
So both are being sold by the same owner but through two different accounts with auctions ending almost three weeks apart. My bet is it is the...
Copper plated zinc are 2.5 grams. A gold color can come from the plating solution being used to long and becoming contaminated with excess zinc....
The question then becomes what the SECOND days sales were. Probably MUCH lower because most everyone that wanted one bought it the first day....
But a HIGH proof mintage year. Second highest proof mintage year in the series. After 1876 (except 1881) it tends to be easier to get proof...
Yes the image of the 1907 is WAAY overexposed. The colored border on the front label barely shows at all.
It's definitely 76, and from the look of the edge I'm convinced it is 76a. Now the only question is does it have the edge lettering. (too bad...
That I would agree with.
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