The one I posted earlier was a proof example and a very early die stage. Here is a mid to late stage that has the cracks mentioned. [img] Image...
Interesting/amusing/ and true typo. :)
Received it twice, 12 minutes apart.
Since it was introduced on the shield nickel in 1866. In the 2014 Annual Report the Mint says the five cent cost 9.4 cents apiece to produce....
The plastic in the flips is much thicker than the mylar in the 2X2 so it is safe for the short period of time the coins are in transit....
A couple nice lines from the ad "He was assassinated only one year before they were released." Well if he hadn't been assassinated they...
Pictures? Sounds like it might be a coin where the center piece was not properly centered in the hole of the ring when it was struck.
Here are the images of the C-2 Cringely was trying to link. The OP does appear to be a C-2 but cleaned. Note the matching "crumbling" around...
Linked computer bulletin boards were publicly available back in the seventies. I've been online since I started with Compuserve back in 1980. I...
Die deterioration, very similar to the same type of deterioration that causes the "ridge" often seen through the IGWT on Zincoln cents.
Yes, below the I and below the E.
Yep, the 71 and 72 proof sets were $5 from the mint. Oh and the $10 cost of the brown Ikes also included $1 for each one sold going to Eisenhower...
I'd have to see a picture out of the holder. I've seen a lot of "error" or "defective" proofs that turned out to be on the plastic holder...
And they weigh 20% more than our small dollars. That's fine, but if the dollar note is discontinued you'll have to take four quarters instead....
Yeah, that's the one.
Oh ethics! Now that is a totally different matter. He hasn't done anything fraudulent, but his ethics are so low that if you stood on them and...
It's not a joke, it's not there. Probably, but considering there are only five services of any real size left (PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, and SEGS.)...
I agree with bkozak, I don't see any fraud either. Pictures a jar of coins, says it is a jar of coins, makes no comments or promises about what...
If it JUMPS to the magnet it's steel, if it just sticks to the magnet (and it is a fairly strong magnet) it is most likely a heavy nickel plating.
The $5.4 million "take" was just from three companies from last year. They've been doing this for ten years and they figured it out five years...
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