The dime is beat up, too. No errors in that pile. Keep searching.
Uh . . . NO! Still a real, legal tender, US coin. Altered, but still real.
That's the security camera.
It certainly didn't come from the mint like that. Easily done with a vise.
Not me, but I'll bet it's loaded with lots of bumps, ruts and pot holes. Good luck.
Can you say "needle in a haystack"?
I may be mistaken, but I believe they were hand cut.
Looks like a good catch! Can you show us the entire coin?
Check first to see if hell has frozen over and if there are pigs flying past your window.
Me, too. Second day.
Congratulations to your son. He should be excited. You should be proud. Good luck to him on his report.
Thanks a lot, TC. Now I have to clean my keyboard.
Whatever someone is willing to pay for it.
The '80 is a woody. Improperly mixed alloy. The '65 is pretty well beat up, but looks like a lamination or struck through.
I'll be happy with 69s. Not sending them out for grading, though.
Yes, it was backordered. Thanks for the congrats, G. I hope we don't get the dregs that were returned.
My order, USM032141XX, has shipped! HURRAY!
It looks to me like nothing more than your average, everyday, '42 D.
Looks like it was in some sort of press/vise while living in the wild.
For one or two slabs, I usually use a priority envelope with the slab in one of those fold over sticky corrugated inserts.
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