Plating is usually very thin and very light and doesn't add that much weight. I agree on the plating. But it still could be a thickly rolled planchet.
There are the 1943 steelies, and then in 1944 some 1943 planchets were struck. I think about 40 of them. USA Coin Book lists 39. 30 in Philly, 7...
If it's real it's prob plated over the steel cent. If it was copper it's been harshly cleaned. Could be an altered dated but the 3 looks OK. Odds...
I don't have any standards. Just pointing out what I saw on the OP's coins.
I have some largies and halves that I bought that are in trash condition. Live and learn. I still like them.
Basically Canadian dimes and quarters 80% silver through 1967. (the super old ones are 92.5 even some nickels). In 1968 some were 50% and some...
First one looks corroded. Second one cleaned with a wire brush.
It should weigh 5.0. It's prob still real and worth silver value .80 cents.
Not only are they overpriced, but the condition will be atrocious. Stick to the specialists. A coin shop will have better inventory, better...
Have to be super careful, soap can have lye in it. Maybe $10. Silver content 0.36169 troy oz, silver is low right now, melt value: $5.15.
Hard to tell with gold. I don't know how long they have been faking these, but if Grandma had this 75 years ago why wouldn't it be real? It may be...
7 dime spill at the end. The ring says RL 925, but it says China, the RL could mean Ralph Lauren and it was plated over silver. Will get it...
Being a transitional year doesn't really matter if the metal is correct. It's just slightly heavy. That happens. It prob would be significant if...
Could be a slightly thicker rolled planchet. Compare the thickness of the edge with some other quarters. There is a +/- tolerance number. And even...
I can see it is raised. What I am saying is, if it was a strike through (some object) why would it be raised on the coin? That doesn't make sense....
If it were returned to the mint, it's supposed to be destroyed. What little QC they do, they destroy errors before they leave the mint.
It prob. was not gov't land when the coins were buried. There's way too many laws and lines drawn in the sand. It's all temporary. As for the...
Some kind of fiber or twine? Would that be incused or raised? On the twine strike through?
The washer that fell into the coining didn't have to be copper. I imagine a regular steel type washer.
Yeah that sounds fair. You couldn't make that stuff up.
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