I had previously read that the U.S. Mint was clamping down on returns unless they were truly defective but this does not appear yet to be the...
An article in this weeks Numismatic News by F. Michael (Skip) Fazzari is interesting in that it makes mention of how old fakes and counterfeits...
Now, how could I have forgotten that? LOL. Blame it on a senior moment ;)
Correct. And very common on the 1969D but others have it also. Also be on the lookout for reverse missing designers initials, also over polished...
Four coins posted, none of them winners = no research done beforehand.
What you are seeing is the result of multiple posts asking the same question, and eventually people tend to start to get sarcastic. Even a new...
I see what you see but it is damage and just happens to appear as a letter.
Most of the doubling for this year was relegated to the horizontal bar of the 7. A couple of exceptions as I recall were DDO-001 & 003 but yours...
Agreed with Paddy. It might come back as questionable toning.
Sorry, not a candidate. There can be no interruptions in any of the steps and I'm seeing plenty on this one.
MD/PMD/Environmental damage.
Looks to me to have been ground or polished down as evidenced by what looks like plier marks to hold it in place while doing so. Why is anyone's...
Ya got the accent down. Now we need to get @paddyman98 to say New Yawka...LOL.
"But he never returned, no he never returned and his fate is still unlearned".
I really cannot say for sure. I really do not know if there is any market for them.
I have seen this also on Great Britain large cents but much more pronounced.
As above but more importantly, you must ask yourself, how could a 1 possibly get there. It can't. The dies are inspected before they go into...
Maybe better posited to Peter Davis?
It's fun to see what a diverse crowd of collectors we have here. Thanks for all your replies.
And I forgot the fact that most states require you too pay 40% taxes up front on any scratch over $600.00. Guess I would have to pony up the rest...
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