There are three possibilities, a tapered planchet, die faces not parallel, or simply one side struck up faster than the other side.
I heard about these cents struck on nails years ago but this is the first time I've actually seen one.
In the first pictures the point of the leaf below the C in AMERICA was left of the center. That eliminated 281 and 282. On those the POL is...
Yep, 284.
I don't know, talk to Somalia, Niue, Vanatu, Isle of Man, Liberia, or one of the other countries that like to issue coins commemorating other...
Well they did say "Only someone with a trained eye could determine that the money was counterfeit. "
Not whimsical they are serious, income from illegal sources is reportable. That was decided back during prohibition and it was what they used to...
I grade it very nice.
No it definitely isn't 282, and it isn't 281. I'm leaning toward 283 but the area I really need to see, from the last S in STATES thru the first...
I wouldn't know I never paid any attention to the grading. I research the slabs and certificates. I don't care about the coins in the holders,...
Struck on dime PLANCHET. Struck on dime stock would imply cent sized planchet punched from dime strip. Nit-picking.
True, but he did say it has other covert anti-counterfeiting features that he wouldn't dscuss. That leaves everything on the table as a possibility.
ANACS used the obv/rev grading starting when they began grading coins in 1980. At first with just the grades 60 and 65 then after April of 1980...
He said they were the same grade and price, he didn't say they were the same date. We can assume one is a 1907 or 08 because we know one of them...
Every thing I see matches up for the S-189 State III
As mentioned there is no previous price or sale information available for this coin so fo all we know the alterations could have taken place 75 to...
It IS an older company. This what I had on the company in the book ANICS (American Numismatic Institute Certification Service) Active in 1987...
That's why he's a touring comedian and not a performing one. :)
Looks like the sheet may have been misfed into the die cutting machine. Happens sometimes. Better picture would help. This is the generation of...
Striations on the edge from the shearing of the metal during blank punching can also sometimes be seen on genuine coins as well.
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