Which the federal Hobby Protection Act has required on replicas manufactured after 1973.
Surprise! :D Fiji, KM#19, cu-ni sixpence, mintage 800,000, 2005 catalog: 15¢ F, 30¢ VF, $1 XF, $3 Unc, $8.50 BU. Another surprise! :rolleyes:...
Welcome to the forum amardeep. The Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause and Mishler lists your coin as KM#920, a copper-nickle 25 New...
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Those are the ones to obey! :D
I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect that the 26-ton press thins out the coin a bit, thereby increasing its diameter, which would make it...
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At least this is a legitimate government auction, not one of those phony "seized property" auctions that have no connection with the government....
Welcome to the forum natbane. Your coin is listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause & Mishler as KM#13. There were 8.4-million...
Definitely damage. Here's what a waffled coin looks like: [IMG] [IMG]
This forum is a place to discuss coins, not economic theory. Please keep that in mind.
On unreeded coins the edges can be telling, but the most important places to look are the flat fields. On a struck coin there are generally...
When casting is suspected - or when the coin being examined is a known target of casters - that's the time to put the 10X or stronger loupe on the...
Please ignore the "probably" in my earlier posting. After seeing the closeup of the "JM" I have zero doubt. It is a casting. The initials...
Welcome to the forum novel. and probably a casting. :( The first year of minting ASEs was 1986. Are the initials "AAW" visible on the hem?...
Welcome to the forum Shallette. Take a look at the first thread in the What's It Worth forum for some basic information about what we need to...
And let's make that the final word on this subject, so we can get back to discussing coins. :)
Hi Nick. Welcome to the forum. Are you asking about the same coin discussed in >>this thread<< ? :confused: If so, all your questions are...
A very nice example of the greyside. Your grading has the benefit of having the coin in hand, not just a picture, so you may very well be right...
Think about it - If press reports cause tens of thousands (or more) of non-collectors to want that "variety", what do you think will happen to the...
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