I’m thinking a forum member knows what that X-factor number would be, or a member who is also a smelter? Once you get past the legal to melt...
...the scratches on the cheek and neck are evidence of circulation, the ear is evidence of damage, the fine lines in the field by the chin is...
...if struck by a MINT produced mintmark die punch, the S on the coin would be incuse and backward. This is just damage and wishful...
@Larry Salemme ...Go to PCGS Photograde and compare Morgans and Peace dollars. Yours has a lot of wear, listed on price guides VG8=$40,...
Check your Red Book for mintage and then compare with other dates. You will find that the mintages for the ‘60s is very high, a lot of them for...
@messydesk ...thanks for the explanation. Nice to have a “go to” expert such as yourself to bounce questions. For the time being I am just...
Thanks a bunch. Here’s my take-a-way: It’s a VAM-2 because of the open 9, and should be a VAM-2A to account for the clashing. Then VAM World...
Well, I appreciate your response, and I kinda smell what you’re sellin’, but even a normal die pair, with no especial attribute, gets a...
Okay, here's the skinny on this bad boy... I searched all 58 listed VAMs @VAM World and finally checked the VNA, VAM not assigned, and lo and...
LD?…Late Die State?…. if so, I agree. The two die cracks support my theory of die deterioration (consistent with LDS), the strike on the reverse...
Not re-punched. Look up on Variety Vista: ...Watershed Dates in the Modern Minting Process. The last possible RPM for dimes was 1990...the last...
@Don northrup ...Welcome to Coin Talk. As a new member, you should learn to check the age of the post first. But, don’t feel like the Lone...
Frequency of the error is the “supply” part, don’t forget the “demand” side...ultimately, if no one wants the error then there is no demand = no...
....No...he means he got it put into a flip to keep. Being brand new, it probably has minimal contact marks, clean fields, came off new, fresh...
...I only see circulation wear, no notching either side ...imo...Spark
The obverse shot is clear enough to say no...not a doubled ear ...Spark
...so the teacher says to the lingually challenged student: “Write a sentence about your girlfriend using the words ‘cheese’ and ‘liver’. The...
@RIchard Abanes ...when you suspect doubling, in this case a 54 yo coin, match what you find at Wexler or Variety Vista. After 54 years, more...
...take care of business, see you when you can get back...congrats on the move up...Spark
...the 2 dirty ones have suffered poor surface preservation, mostly environmental damage from exposure to moisture or chemicals...imo...Spark
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