Brian Ribar does the nickel errors and varieties. His name and address/email contacts are on John Wexler's site under "Coin Examinations" on the...
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Tag me when you get your final results please. Thanks.
The lettering can sometimes be knocked around during coin rolling when the ends are crimped and also show circular cuts in the surface. Pretty...
I was fortunate on my last trip to N.H. last year and picked up about 100 of these or more at Newfound Coin & Jewelry from the owner Doug, along...
It looks as though the coin took direct hits in these areas after it left the mint. If you look closely you can see the damage to the rim also at...
Gas gets trapped under the surface of the plating on top and bubbles up on the surface.
Cannot tell through the glare in photos but very common to find die cracks in the hair, forehead, and reverse-top left of shield, the O in One.
I hate the Shield WDDO's, I don't even bother with the circulation finds. I have a whole solid box of B.U.s to look for them in, a bit easier.
I just cracked a roll of 2009P Formative Years last night and got 5-WDDR-027, 4-WDDR-036 and 3 "Floating Abe" Abraded Die errors. Look for those...
Thank you for your help Rick. I just inspected this closer and it's showing doubling at the top left of first 8 and some doubling at the bottom...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My pics cannot get close enough to show this but there is doubling on the bottom right of the second 8. Possible...
Absolutely and with this info I was able to date it also. "Emperor dragging captive" I found also. I have a few more I'm working on. This was great!
Thank you so very much, truly appreciated.
[ATTACH] I don't have many ancients, just a handful of minors. I was able to get some detail out of this one and was hoping it might be enough to...
Appears to be a mis-aligned strike. Very common.
Gus Tiso and Jack Beymer are not too far behind on this. I can't even decipher Tiso's price lists.
There will always be varying opinions but they have been fine for me. But I do mostly errors and varieties.
Went through ten pages of feedbacks and all this seller sells is movies, and appears some are bootlegs. So, I say, stay away. Edit-Sorry Books, I...
I didn't zoom in on it. I would be leery that this is the actual coin. A lot of money if not. The price tells me he probably knows but why the...
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