It's hard to tell if the tone is natural or due to the photo/lighting. Perhaps if you put a naturally toned coin (known good specimen) adjacent...
Can you tell if the dime design is incuse or not? It looks like it's a vise job where the coins are compressed on one another. For a coin to...
It looks like a little damage to the lettering, and the usual circulation wear. It might also be a touch of a Woodie as I see some evidence of...
I fully expect that it'll happen. They usually come in bunches; collection dumps. I once had a box where there were 11 V-nickels and 26 Buffalo...
I love seeing the posts of others on their fun finds!! I saw a few of Heavymetal's clashes and got excited...almost went to the bank to get a box...
I suspect though that you have found some pretty memorable nickels, like those excellent clashes you posted!! Those are fun finds to say the least!!
I would think that if you search 500 boxes, you'll have yourself a complete set or two of Jeffersons and a decent dent in a Buffalo set. I...
Sounds like a fun search. If you have a number of better condition specimens, you may want to check against the link I posted above. You might...
It's good to push a discussion item a bit to get the broader input and expand the learning. You'll see a number of MD coins that look like the...
The diagnostic to me that helps if you are having trouble with the loop of the 9 or the height of the 0 is LIBERTY. While some articles note that...
Here's a link to DDO/DDR listings for Jefferson Nickels (don't forget the RPMs). Note how many varieties exist for 1960-present there are. And...
Your specimen appears to be a normal 1953 cent (not a ddo). The date shows circulation wear and damage and perhaps some machine damage on the...
I have a hoard too, but I accumulated them variety hunting over the years. Now, I think I suffer from separation anxiety. I keep them all!!
Finding AU/BU specimens for the 2009/2009D is very difficult in the wild. I suspect I only found 5 or so 2009 and maybe 2 2009D that meet that...
Nickel CRH is probably the most productive coin to search. But you need to establish what it is you want to do. As noted by your fellow...
How many Wheat Cents are enough? I have to agree that buying by the pound is the easiest way to hoard them. But CRH is an exciting way to...
I agree. Maybe a combination of die deterioration and machine damage (looks like there was some movement at the end of the strike).
In the 50's, dies were often used to their exhaustion. What you are looking at is a business strike with a damaged die (chip/break between the...
Gold patina may suggest it came out of an album (liberated).
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