The coin is brown & the scratch is red so it would grade red-brown.......
I see you are in Wisconsin. There is a great error coin shop in Madison Wisconsin called Jim's Coins. They hold monthly mail bids and they are...
I searched around the Internet but couldn't find it. The two cents were mated and struck as a 1976 quarter. They may have been chain struck....
When Santa is inspecting our letters (yours & mine), then the earliest postmark wins.:) Here is a photo of my 1914-D. It has a little flaw on...
Thank you for all the complements. Here is one more quarter which I keep in this collection. It is a 1974 quarter struck on a cent planchet...
Did you guys hear about the album signed by John Lennon which is at auction for 500,000 Pounds?...
I only have one other high grade Haiti coin to share. It was previously posted here: http://www.cointalk.com/t112497/ and is the copper-nickel...
My new quarter (on cent planchet) is dated 1964. A silver quarter dated 1965 would be a transitional error. A transitional error occurs when the...
IMO a wheel mark would be a scrape or abrasion (normally curved/circular in shape) on one or more of the coin's surfaces most commonly caused by a...
I picked this up at the Westchester NY coin show this last weekend. It is an 1886 2-Centime from Haiti. It is about the size of a US 2-cent...
This is an example of a 1988 Quarter struck on a sintered planchet. This planchet probably took-on its copper color while it was being anealed...
Coins struck 100% off center! Here is an example of an inexpensive 1989 error coin set. The set consists of planchets for the cent, nickel,...
These quarters were struck on clad planchets where one or more of the clad layers was missing before the strike.
A quarter might be struck (in error) on just about anything that might fit through the feeding mechanism of the quarter press. Anything larger...
:thumb:Here is the newest addition to my collection. It is a copper quarter. It weighs 3.07 grams and shows copper exclusively on obverse,...
The auction is ended. IMO the grade is GOOD. I don't think it is FINE.
Chemically pure Acetone should not damage the silver metal surface. Acetone should not affect the toning (which is part of the metal surface)....
To get an idea of prices, you can go to (Ebay-Coins-US Coins-Errors) and search for your birth year. It is quick & informative. The tough coin is...
When this guy posed for the photo, I doubt he expected his photo to be posted on the Internet & discussed by a bunch of numismatists. :)
Yes, it would be nice to know the story behind the OP.
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