Me too! With obverse clashes around the bust and lettering. It must have been tough to make these tiny coins reliably. [ATTACH]
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I don’t think so. The diagnostic rim gash should be a little more to the left on the legitimate Asphalt variety. This is just a very good counterfeit.
It seems like musical chairs. If these sales are to speculators, then some day the profit will have been drained out and the last buyer will be...
[plural] US slang. 1. : something that is said to publicly thank and give special attention to someone for doing something : credit or...
I thought I posted this, but where did it go? Pardon me if it shows up twice! [ATTACH]
Bonus: 1964-D I replaced the 1964-D shown earlier with this one, because of damage to the reverse of the original. [ATTACH] Full Resolution...
Well, this was a surprise… I took a picture and the so-called “strikethrough” had moved! [ATTACH] Since it now looked like a small bristle, I...
Finding coins is pretty cool. Finding them all over again is just as cool!
That’s a really good question. Here’s detail of the original photo. [ATTACH] It can’t be a scratch, because it’s in a protected crevice. To...
1969-S Proof This wraps up the 1960’s. Maybe we can try another decade another time - except for those ugly shield cents! This proof still has...
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1969 At long last, the mint reworked the obverse master die. The lettering is moved away from the rim, and the spacing looks more like that on the...
1968-S Proof This represents the first time San Francisco produced proofs. Even on the proof, the master die has worn so much that the obverse...
1968-S The San Francisco mint takes up production of cents for the first time since 1955. [ATTACH] Full Resolution Photos [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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