Starburst effect flow lines from die deterioration. Probably goes by another name but it's what I've always called them. I see this a lot on the...
My opinion, 2010 was the best overall year for the ATB quarter designs. Yosemite, Grand Canyon. nice..... The bat coin is probably the most...
I think it's fine to test to see if they will catch them or not, I don't think it's fine to publish any results of your tests and put them on...
probably protesters.... they are all over D.C. hahahahaha!
roller lines or striations don't add value really, there's not a market for it, it's just an oddity in the blank making process. As far as an...
Yeah, acrylic and rubber (silicone I assume) don't exactly mix, sort of like the sealant used for a fish tank, where the two make contact there's...
As far as the OPs coin, I'm not sold on that being an annealing error and if it is, it's very mild, so light that it might be difficult to be...
for the lines, in my opinion, these are rolling lines left behind from the machine used to roll out the metal sheet to spec thickness of the coin...
looks like a folded over rim fin to me, NAV. It's not a cud, pre-cud, or even crack for sure.
technically it's a curved rim to rim die crack. the crack is only a lateral fracture and not much spread. For it to be a pre-cud there should be...
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