Good luck with that last paragraph Kurt. I'm just glad my two boys were born in 79 & 82. At least they learned how to leave home at the right age....
Kind of like the old days of comics. If you got your letter to the editor printed in a comic they would send you a "No Prize". (Marvel). An empty...
I just found a whole roll of them last night, here are 20. Nope, none worth grading. [ATTACH]
Very nice write up. And 20 years later Captain Kirk & Mr. Spock rediscovered Voyager (VGER). ;););)
Agreed, circulation strike. A proof coin will have a well defined "squared" edge.
They have found more with a metal detector than all the digging and sluice. And they had to hire a metal detector specialist? They should have...
I actually had one of those in my car when I was kid and bar hopping, filled with pea stones, same effect, just thankful I never had to use it. I...
I actually caught the pun as it was intended Kurt.
It looks like it took a hit from something, but after it was made.
When the appearance of this is flat and shelf like it is almost always machine doubling but not to be confused with Doubled Die. When in doubt...
This machine or mechanical doubling from a worn die or chatter. Very common occurrence but not an error and worth only face value. This can occur...
And a vital part of the "What slowed me down?" retired life. Ten cups a day!
Possibly acid came into contact with this? Part of the bust has been eaten away. Just a guess.
@Nolan Workman ? Possible RPM?
Has anyone been watching "Oak Island" series. Talk about boring, it just drags on and on and on. They have found a few surface coins but all of...
I may be biased but in general Denver makes a better overall quality product than Philly. And San Fran makes them better than Denver.
I did not know Cud On Coins worked with die cracks, thanks for mentioning it. Lately I have found a few nice "Spider Web" cracks, those that that...
Welcome to CT. Your photos are not giving us too much to go on but it does appear to have been polished unless it's your lighting. We will need...
The only one worse than that is G.R. Tiso. A completely made up grading system that includes all sorts of letters you have to decipher plus...
Separate names with a comma.
