Wondering...have you noticed over time what depth generally reveals the best finds?
The working dies go through Stages (e.g., EDS, MDS, LDS, VLDS). Your coin was struck by a worn die, Late Die Stage/Very Lade Die Stage. When the...
The upside is that your eye is training to see 'differences' useful across the spectrum of errors and varieties. Most chips/breaks attributable...
Point of fact, Federal law and contracts prohibit canceled/mutilated items going into the public domain. But I suspect that the statement is true...
That is unless they have changed over to tokens. :(
You bet, Eric! Happy to oblige! That would be a snippet of information that I might not ever relate in the forum without something to elicit it...
Work the machines...drive throughs...cashiers. I haven't CRHed in a long time now, but I still managed to generate a few hundred dollars a year...
Got the first dime yesterday...3 more this AM. Starting to emerge an various communities here in Connecticut. Now the hunt for varieties in a...
Typical of things made for the Government - shrinkage (parts from setup) and errors are required to be mutilated. Most of the time, another press...
Some thoughts on this question: First, most folks giving advice here are collectors like you. While some are more-or-less educated on...
Yes it is fun catching the first coin for the year. Caught a dime today and it brought a smile.
This is a normal cent, so no real need to send this out to a TPG for grading and attribution. Besides, you could spend less to have one of the...
Thanks Bradford! These are better. Two things I am looking at on your coin relative to the pictures at Wexler's site. The G and the O. Look...
Thanks. Still too blurry. To identify this as a DDO, you will need very crisp photos.
Can you provide a enlarged shot of GOD?
1974 is a difficult year to pinpoint a DDO. Class of doubling can be confused with the Type 1 ODV. For that reason, I don't look for DDOs for...
Nothing in this mix. It'll happen eventually. Keep at it.
Agree with the 'liberated' cent folks. You may want to measure the diameter relative to one that wasn't encased.
The explanation provided by Fred makes sense. Weak strike will not move the material around fully and may be compounded by the zinc, which is...
@Fred Weinberg Would you know if during the 80's they were using Vertical or Horizontal presses? I also suspect that this effect of the 80s has...
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