No. They should stop making junk and let collectors tend to collecting coins of circulation rather than the latest trinket the mint dreams up to...
No money in it for them. They seem to be catering to big business and big money. Making some things that the general collector can't get without a...
I just came across this 1946 D Jefferson that appears to be Wood Grain and has laminations along obverse and reverse rims. Photos...
I'd like to add that when I was in grade school and high school you could still get Morgan and Peace dollars at the bank. Not everyday, but quite...
One of my friendly tellers was hoping for a Buffalo Nickel for her daughter. I tried to give her one. She couldn't take it. But, I could cash it...
I wouldn't refer to her as "random" anymore. It looks like you made a friend. I have a few tellers like that. Take her some Christmas cookies.
I also have a time with 21st Century acronyms, euphemisms and slang.
Sorry, I misunderstood what you meant buy standard composition. BTW, I was born in 1943 and have saved most all Steel Cents and Silver Nickels...
The silver war nickels have the mint mark on the reverse over the dome in very large letters. Very hard to miss.
Welcome to CT
I collected for 70 years before I joined this site. I was very a good with dates, mints, general grading and eye appeal. I knew very little about...
A link to one of my posts that will show what you face when addicted https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sorting-my-70-year-accumulation.330231/
Welcome to CT, nice finds
That is an ugly coin.
Yes, it is damage. But, it looks like it was damaged in such a way as to be significant to someone or some business.
Looks like a foreign owner mark like the old chop marks on Trade Dollars.
I would hazard to guess that 99% of the posts on this site involve coins that have no significant additional value to anyone but the finder....
Have a good nights sleep. I'm up too late and probably seeing things.
The area left and below the neck, above the wing and the imaginary line where most "spitting eagles" have their spit. It looks like it is hollowed...
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