An assumption without verification. We don't know he was open at the time the OP called, and we don't know what he was doing when the phone rang,...
It's exactly like your avatar. The slope of the forehead with a curl at the top, the curve of the back of the neck with a curl in the middle, the...
I don't disagree with the MS grading but with the weak areas on the obverse and that nasty scrape/scratch/rub and weak feathers on the reverse,...
But yours was the other explanation. Seriously though, maybe one of us is wrong, maybe both of us are wrong. But nevertheless, I'd be interested...
So you're saying that the clad layers wore faster than the soft copper core. OK, following your thoughts, when the coin was minted both the soft...
But at least it will be an "official" opinion made by someone with the coin in-hand, rather than a bunch of wild guesses made from a distance...
It's what is sometimes called a "Woodie" because the lines resemble wood grain. It's either just a flaw in the mix of the metal from which the...
This is an error in the metal blank/planchet. The cladding metal was too thin and did not completely cover the copper core. Thus, some copper is...
It looks like someone milled the reeding off for whatever reason. Is the edge flat or is the copper inset?
"Proofness" refers to the method of production, not condition. A (well) circulated proof coin is still a proof coin.
I don't know offhand, but if you take 4 or 5 normal pennies and measure their thickness to get an average, and then compare that average with the...
Do you have calipers or a micrometer that you can measure the thickness, and compare it with another penny? That should give you a better idea as...
It depends on what your level of concern is. Silver is currently $1.25 - $1.30 per gram.
There's nothing like the feeling and sound of holding and passing from hand to hand a half dozen or so Double Eagles.
It appears to be a 1 or 2 real from Lima Peru. Visible date is 1677 but that also looks like an overdate or underdate.
I prefer AU and EF coins. They usually show all the detail and beauty of a MS coin, and at 1/10 the cost. I always found it strange to see a...
It's not a 55DDO
The one in the link you provided is just an incompletely plated coin. If yours looks the same then that's what it is. It might be considered a...
A facinating display, no doubt. I wonder, though, about ancient "counterfeits."It is my perhaps distorted perception that there was a great lack...
QUOTE=davidh;1229561] BTW there are two types of 1916s but I can't find the reference right offhand. Let me correct this statement. I was...
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