Worth grading if you think it is worth $150 or so, check e-bay.
Agree.
Just occurred to me, you have a Rembrandt pen and ink drawing that you love. If you tried to sell it without authentication (and perhaps...
Hi @Elizabeth Chapman welcome to CT. Copper coins that appear to be silver or gold are usually the result of a chemistry experiment where the...
Uh...wife or coin? :)
Nice, check serial numbers to make sure they aren't reproductions.
Looks like it is Machine Doubling (MD), happens when the die is not held firmly in place and it moves during the striking giving the flat...
Saw this on Craigslist [IMG]
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No, it's a 1961 Lincoln... And this is a 1961 Lincoln [IMG]
Hi, do you collect coins?
Actually Chris, I think you would help someone unless they want to rub your nose in it. I'm not being critical.
My Gallienus coins are too worn for me to tell.
@Long Beard to be a nitpick, is it too late to change the to in the title to too?
A defect in the plating or broken plating bubble can allow the underlying zinc to rot. That's what I think it is. Wait for others.
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Another consideration that occurs to me, mentioned ad nauseum on modern coins is a filled die. If grease or dirt got on one part of the die being...
I was directing that to you and Doug. One listing I saw had him born May 14, 1928, but other sources have June 14...my bad. My birthday, July 12...
I think that is the "zinc rot" variety.
Good question, I would like to know too.
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