For me, it always happened when I dug a really low-grade coin while metal detecting on colonial era sites. Either a corroded old copper or a...
I've always wanted one of that type. That's a nice example, too.
Nope, don't think so. It's a random mark that coincidentally happens to look like an S. Edited to add: the shape and size are not correct for it...
The answer is probably halves, if you can get them- there's the trick. I always liked nickels, myself. They're a low denomination, so you get...
Congrats on the fun find, despite the minor issues there.
Yep, this overdate is one of those you can't miss.
Excellent Rocky pun. :p My best Hadrian to date was this sestertius, ex-Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ex-Goldbergs, ex-Colosseo Collection...
I think you're seeing phantoms. There might be a stray random mark there, is all.
Hmm, maybe not, but then again, it doesn't look not 68 to me, either. That's a mighty clean and mark-free example. I'd have said 65-66, at...
I like it. My Dad was a Coastie in Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis period, just before I was born.
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