They can also be "wash" spots from an improper rinse at the Mint. This is also very common on zinc cents.
Railroadiana or Railroad ephemera has always been very collectible and there are some beautiful bonds and stock certificates out there. @dwhiz...
Very nice and I hope you are the only one finding any.
I see said the blind man. I was confused over the terminology. I thought the proofs were specially prepared blanks that were different from the...
It's been several years but they always used to send post paid envelopes with their approvals. It's an incentive not just keep the coins and not...
No one said they were a bad company, just overpriced, and that's a fact. They have excellent customer service and the owner is an honorable man...
Huh? All these years I thought proof set were special collector coins not meant for circulation.
It (was) a good business model back in 1945 when Maynard Sundman started it off. There were very few B&M shops outside of major cities at that...
There is a new ad from Littleton in AARP newspaper for a Silver Eagle for $16.85 shipped free. But of course, with approvals.
You were luckier than I. The last time I spent a couple of halves at the local X-Mart convenience store, the cashier says "Dude, what is this?". I...
I suspect some kind of die deterioration going on but I see nothing that looks like an error. Maybe others will chime in.
There's also a wine of the month club out there. You get 6 bottles of different wines and pay only shipping. But you are locked in to buy at least...
I know you are trying but we should not even be trying to guess with these photos. There's no way to tell if it's even genuine and may have...
Notching on Liberty. I'll wait for others.
Putting @paddyman98 & @Fred Weinberg to shame here with all these great new and never before found discoveries. I'm...
I can see this is going nowhere fast. In denial for sure.
Woops, I misspelled doubled die, sorry about that. It should be www.doubleddie.com.
Looks to me like it is a strike through with thread.
This series is a bit tougher than the Formative Year series which had most reverse doubling in the finger and book area. On these the reverse...
I honestly don't know at this point. If it is compromised in the package possibly remove it. But until we hear something definitive about what's...
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