But like in the US, by the time this was happening the cent had so low a value that there probably weren't any vending machines (except maybe the...
Only with a grease strikethrough
Looks like possibly a hub strike through. The "wire" or whatever it is was caught between the hardened steel hub and the soft steel die blank....
On currency, yes, on coinage no. As Doug points out the "have to be dead two years" on the President dollars, and the "no living person" clause...
Because this is an original set in government packaging. As such they have value as an original set. Remove the coins from the holder and they...
In EAC they also commonly still us the #4 jewelers brush which is made using fine goats hair.
How could it be frowned on? Isn't that what every dealer tries to do?
I think you are seeing die wear.
Nah, in that case it would still be red. :)
True, but the 75 cents today will buy you about the same as what the V nickel would in the 30's. So in real terms they haven't become valuable.
Yeah but price any other 1820 US coin in MS64
2009 Four different designs, two different compositions, three different mints. Philadelphia made the four designs in copper plated zinc for...
Yep 1804 dollars are way overpriced.
Correct Correct, the die is in error. The doubled dies are errors, but the coins struck from those doubled dies are just the variety that that...
In 2009 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent, and the 200th anniversary of Lincolns birth they issued four different reverse...
They started saying coin collecting was dying or sure to die since the clads came out over 50 years ago.
I'm not sure it is a lamination. It could be, but it looks like it could be a retained strikethrough (flake of metal) that is coming loose
Most I've paid so far is $2,500 but I've got my eye on a $6,500 piece.
And copper, bronze, and brass all have pretty much the same weight and specific gravity. The only real way to tell them apart for sure...
People who send letters (yes sometimes you still have to do that) and packages that don't mind saving 35 to 40% on the postage costs.
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