I can see the crack but the coin has been damaged as noted.
Just make sure those staples are flat as I stayed earlier.
That’s a scratch. If you look closely you can see pieces of metal on both sides. A die crack does not look the same, it’s raised. A lamination is...
As others have said, it can’t happen that fast. I would think that you looked at it in one light and later looked at it again under a different...
That’s a beautiful and a tough coin in any grade. Congratulations!
Take a pair of pliers and pinch those staples flat. You wouldn’t want to risk accidentally having a staple scratch that coin.
Afraid it’s damaged.
Nice, my LCS sells these common ones for $5-6 so it carries a small premium.
Best wishes dear sir.
In all aspects it’s looks normal to me. Welcome to CT.
The Buffalo Nickel is the best of the lot, followed by the Wheat Ear Cent. Spend the rest snd welcome to CT.
Upgrade is having a coin, any coin, any mint mark. Taking the same coin snd mint mark but at a higher grade is an upgrade. You could upgrade a...
I think it’s a strong VG-8 but a F-12 is pushing it too far. I also think it’s been semi-harshly cleaned.
Unfortunately it’s not a DDR, Full Steps or higher than a MS-62.
That sir, is much better! Thank you.
It did not look like that when it left the mint and that was 19 years ago.
A defect feat that was made after it left the mint. It’s not an error but it is post mint damage.
Probably. Just because a coin graded gem or higher doesn’t make it worth more. The value depends on many other things.
Just doesn’t look right to me.
I should add that in my senior year, 12th grade, it was the first year that 7th graders were allowed to have calculators in school. My high school...
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