It was my understanding, that even though lighter, the zinc cents had the same +/- .13 tolerance. Has this been updated to .10? Thank you.
Mark Hoffman (convicted felon) who confessed to making this coin, (the secret service says there's no evidence he made it) if he had the dies why...
I don't think that was the intention. I think that part was an accident.
This is not true. A number of 1983 cents have been discovered on copper planchets. And a few later dates than that as well. One of the off metal...
Sterling silver is 92.5%. Except for some of the trimes, I think all US coin silver is 90/10. Current silver proofs seem to be .999
Getting back to the authenticity of the coin. What does it weigh? I assume they can do a metal analysis without harming the coin. Is there a...
I read that also. "In 1987, Baller sent the coin to the United States Department of Treasury, and agent Richard M. McDrew responded with a letter...
Spender. Damaged.
Initially I thought fingerprint. (Before reading other posts.) But I don't know, and it's an odd pattern. While it may not be struck through...
I have found silver dimes on the shelf at least twice. I can envision someone putting it in and having it rejected a number of times when they...
1955 S is very common in high grades. I doubt this is MS-65 and more likely worth 0.75-1.25.
The patina on the war nickels are very different. While it is possible that some 1946 nickels were struck on leftover war nickel planchets, this...
It is a very good story and part of numismatic lore now. When they auction this coin, do they put the disclaimer that they take no financial...
There are errors, when something is obscuring the note, and a big patch which should be inked, is white. In this case I'm not sure that's what...
If it were genuine, then the same reverse die would have struck 100,000 coins. If the wrong die was used (and I don't think they were) and then...
Call the Secret Service and have them arrested for selling counterfeits.
A coin should be worth a decent amount of money ($150-$200), or require authentication, (to determine if it is actually gold, or if some rare...
I might go F-12. Hard to tell from the photo.
Yeah something about the cheek and jaw chatter in the OP kept me off it. It's such a beautiful coin.
If the only known example is not real, there is no DDR for this coin. The IN GOD WE TRUST is not even close. This would be hilarious if it's not...
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