A good question. The answer is it depends on the Class of doubling and the severity of the doubling when the die was created or reworked. Read...
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As noted above, what you need is acid to etch the coin to raise the date. Vinegar alone will do the trick but may take a day or so to do it. The...
50/50 white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. Watch it closely. It’ll raises date and let you know what you have. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
I thought I did. I filled most of the Whitman folder I had before trading with the fellow up north. Then I learned of many more varieties/mint...
I believe its a mint mark, kind of like PDS for us (and W). What I seem to recall is that some coins are minted abroad and others in Canada. The...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I pulled a number of these during CRH events. Then found a fellow enthusiast north of the boarder and...
Pictures are a little blurry (see the attached files for some photo ideas) but looks like die deterioration. A good indicator is the direction of...
I was thinking it might be a possibility @Mountain Man , but there is a serif on that particular 'letter'. I did a little digging and found this...
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The wonderful thing about this hobby is that you get to choose what you would like to save and what you would like to return to the wild. Here's...
$0.24. Nice find!
Hi Beth, It appears to be flattened devices. Welcome to CT!
Welcome to CT! Your coin has been dipped in acid. What you are seeing is the disrupted material layers deep in the coin. If you recall, acid is...
Hello…again. Looking forward to your next finds!
Nice photos!
Here’s the specimen I was thinking of - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I’ve found DDO/DDR Jefferson nickels and some DDO or DDR specimens with RPMs (cents and nickels). They are out there but they are harder to find...
Coop used to offer CDs for newbies that cover some of the basics. These days it may be a data file.
Being close to the rim, it may be some folded over material from finning.
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