Visit Numista and do an advanced search for USA 1921 or whatever...
That's a little better than the average COA which is a machine printed blurb naming some company you've never heard of signed illegibly by some...
Find a smarter coin dealer... dollars to donuts s/he figured after seeing the prices at etsy you would think her/his prices were bargains.
I have to say, upon reflection, the mint has been successful in one thing - zero comments on the quality of the design...
2.8g is definative NOT copper. 3.11 +/- 0.13 g is the copper cent weight. Plated
Oh, and /5/ Better photos. IN FOCUS. Crop to just the coin. Rotate to normal orientation (help us help you)
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/1/ Stained (Environmental damage) /2/ Better titles - Opinion needed will get less view than "20xx shield cent with odd color and gunk on...
There were a couple posts here back a while......
As to value... there is a Lib Nickel pair for sale on fleaBay in ANACS (yellow) plastic. I've been watching it for a year, started offered at...
It would, if /a/ First Strike meant anything (it doesn't it's marketing BS from the Third Party Graders [TPGs]) /b/ Most COAs actually meant...
Honestly, it looks like a mercury copper amalgam which was sprayed with water... back in the day, we used to do that to cents.
Damaged. The date is not punched individually into a single die, so if they had made 196B coins there would be millions.
Road rash
Yup, a reason s/hes on my ignore list...
NECROPOST ALERT @Alex&Kayla 1. Don't hijack somebody else's (very old) post 1a. When you start your own post, give it a good title - "Opinion on...
The chance of missing both clad layers is nearly zero. The chance that it's a dime (our smallest current coin) struck on a cent planchet is also...
Not when it's also on the outside of the 2x2 snaplock. Want to see what would happen with a good soak in pure acetone? I do...
You do realize that segniorage is different than surcharge, right? segniorage is the difference between the face value of the coin and the cost...
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