When I began using 2x2s I always used the cent for the cent & dime for the dime etc. In the last few years, I have found that I prefer to have a...
Hello Benplace, The coin looks suspect to me. It doesn't look polished to me. It just looks like a lack-luster fake to me in the photos....
Now after reading your other post(s) in this thread it is apparent that you do not have the coin to inspect it. I would not buy a raw 1916-D...
That is a key diagnostic to detecting a fake (When you see a coin that just doesn't look right).
Tell us more please. Here is a previous CT thread where the details of the 1916-D mintmark placement are described. Where did you get the...
The second coin is a copper-nickel 1914D 5 pfennig from the German Empire. There were 3,014,000 of these 5 pfennig coins minted. The 5 pfennig...
I just got these additions over the weekend. They are both BU coins IMO. This first one is made of Aluminum. It is a 1922J 3 Mark coin from...
Way cool story & way cool coin Hello willieboyd2, That is a way cool story on the previous CT thread. I hope others click the link to learn...
NEWPs from Sunday coin show. Here is a 1960 Denmark 5 Kroner with a mintage of 410,000 commemorating Frederik IX silver wedding anniversary....
Here's the copper-colored off center coin.
Gold colored off center coin The last two are nice off centers with DSR (Die Struck Reverse). They look pretty cool with only the denomination...
PM is sent.
Here is coin #2 of 4 I believe this next one is also struck by a capped die. In this case it is struck by a later stage capped die.
The Liberty coin show was this last Sunday & I got some goodies. I spotted a couple Mexico error coins which I believe are from the collection of...
You have a valuable error coin Welcome to the Forum. Don’t clean it. I will repeat that - Don’t clean it. If it needs to be conserved, then...
This weekend I bought a couple 1990 Mexico $100 that have been broadstruck on center by a capped die. I plan to post photos in the error forum...
I've got one I've got one that answers the OPs original question. Here is a silver US cent. It is dated 1964-D. It was struck on a 90% silver...
I recognize the first two RPMs but what's going on with the third coin? Is the reverse normal?
The blanks are specially polished & the dies that strike the coins are specially polished so they impart mirrored fields on the coin. The coin is...
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