Anyway, the bottom line: you have a damaged coin with no numismatic value. However, as a novelty, someone would probably pay a premium. Remember,...
I think Abe means that it was done by someone with a lot of time on their hands...
Stop being so modest... I would say "close enough to perfection" to call them perfect!
I'll tell you this.. the wear pattern and patina are similar to the current crop of Chinese "replicas"...
I agree Mark.. that was a bad choice of words. What I meant was that there is no one twisting your arm to place a bid on something you know little...
I think every once in awhile, a new member just likes to add a silly comment onto the end of a 16 month old thread.
Appears genuine, privately minted and a little pricey at $270.00 ($54.00/oz). I had to scroll almost to the bottom of the link to find this...
It's nothing more than a 1973 nickel that has spent a little time in some acid: http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/OhNo0035-AcidCoins.htm
I agree... that date looks all wrong, at least compared to all the genuine examples I've seen.
Well, I've read some bad advice here on CT, and that my friend, is bad advice.
It would really help if we could see a photo of the reverse...
What's a matter with you Dave? Didn't you know that "this is an extremely rare 1993 D double die with a halo mint mark.. maybe the only one ever...
And that's fine, and the way it should be. The problem is, for every legimate error posted, there are a hundred non-errors posted, and it becomes...
Why don't you read the entire thread? My "patients" is wearing thin.
Please.... the point is the OP was told what he had, declined to believe it, and then went on a spiel about exactly how this non-error was minted....
Oh boy... I'm so impressed.
It seems every time I get discouraged with some of the threads on CT, one like this comes along. Just wanted to say "thanks".
But... we will NEVER convince the OP of that, LOL.
Then you say you collect silver and gold and have seen "100's of thousands of coins". Make up your mind. And stop being so silly with your...
It always amazes me... a non collector starts a thread about what he thinks is an error coin, then, after he is told his coin is post mint damage,...
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