It surely won't hurt anything to remove it, in fact as Robec has said, you would be better off getting it out of the plyo film. If that is a...
Neat find Sc.
Not sure what the value would be. Seems that the better prices were nearly 10 years ago or longer. I could see a bidding war for the finest...
Smirk. No you don't?
Yes the coin is beat up, but more so the dies were over used, this is a form of die deterioration. It is called progressive indirect die transfer.
First of all. Every 88 and 88D had a wide AM. So, I would just eliminate that as one of the PUP's. The G has to be flared. Look at the examples on...
With Variety's and error's Condition is key, This variety would be hard to identify even in an AU condition. Your coin has seen more than it's...
Is that from one of your Etsy buddies? They surely know what they are talking about. We get folks like you that are simply snowflakes all the...
Not really sure as the coins aren't in hand. They could be part of a design, or plating and die deterioration issues.
Maybe I have two threads mixed up? I can get behind the roller marks Or striations in the planchet. Roller marks tend to leave an uneven surface,...
Larry condition is the key. And that coin graded better than yours would if you sent yours for grading. Yes, eye appeal has a bit to do with...
No, that is not true. It is a common coin that can be bought for 2 to 10 cents in a roll or a coin shop. Someone paid to have it in a slab and it...
To a collector it's worth face value because it has been altered. As a novelty it could be worth a couple of dollars.
+1 to what alurid said. Definitely a woody and a lamination crack.
Your coin looks replated but with so much flash on the photos it is anyones guess. When a coin is replated it can sometimes make a device look...
First of all Larry, welcome to CT. Here is a MS62 RB that sold at Great collections. For a dollar plus buyers fees....
Yeah, and it's tremendous.:headphone:
It looks environmental. A missing clad will be light in weight and copper in color. And if it was burnished it would still show plenty of luster....
@ZoidMeister please tell us that is a self-slab.
Have you seen that Variety Vista put a new section on there main page. JN Bar Errors. http://varietyvista.com/index.htm
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