I used to get a few of these and some silver certificates when parking cars on a public street for baseball and football games in the early...
Nice, keep those and give 2 Nickels for change. :)
The last large cent was produced in 1857 with small and large dates. The total mintage was 333,546. The changes were brought about because the...
Thank you. I've had this for about 6 months and realized that I didn't post it.
I think so as I've heard it done but never got to a show that did it.
It looks like a die crack in hand but I just can't tell for sure. I was thinking old hardened grease on the obverse.
The 1946-S is called a "ghosting" effect, a definite keeper. The 1972 is damaged. It looks like it was squeezed in a vise with another coin.
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Nice looking. I may have to get me a set of those:
As I always say, it's your collection so keep what you like. Ask the questions that you don't understand so you can learn and have fun doing it.
Obv.: Turreted and draped bust of the Amazon Smyrna left with bipennis over shoulder. Rev.: SMVPNAION; Lion advancing right. This is my first and...
The Dime is a Mercury Head Dime, probably a 1919, which was a common date.
You're more than welcome. Personally, I think your coin is a nice example of this type of doubling. DDD is Die Deterioration Doubling and this is...
Yes, it's clearly Doubled. But it's on a zinc planchet. The type of doubling you see is actually common on Cents startingbin 1982 and after all...
Graded by NGC as a giveaway, just not sure of what I'm really seeing. There's the obverse by LIBERTY and Washington's nose. Then on the reverse...
Nothing. He said it all and I agree completely. Not the OP's post, the first response.
Probably both but cell phones hadn't been invented when I dealt with this LCS.
Read the first post again.
When I lived in Washington State I had the best coin dealers anyone could ever want. I was friends with them. Never met them until I went into...
Nice looking album. Hope it's PVC free. That would be my only concern.
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