Thanks Mark, helpful as always. After a little schooling on these Flying Eagles, I'm going to change my opinion to - I like it!
Cool coin, congrats on the purchase.
Which would explain why the flying eagle here is still a bright pinkish color. On a Lincoln or regular copper, this is a color to strongly avoid....
A cud is the term for a die break at the rim. What you have, if it is in the middle of the coin, is a die break. This is easy to believe, given...
If it was a 50's era coin, I would say the spot looks like it could be a water spot. But the mint didn't really have a problem with that in '39.
Why not? These aren't my area of expertise (I don't do copper!) Perhaps this is why I thought the color looked off.
I'll guess 65 RD, although if the color of those pictures is anything true to how it looks in hand, I don't like it at all.
It can be tricky when you're first learning, I'll give you that. So many terms, so many things to remember, so many different processes and looks...
A world of difference: Longacre doubling is an area around the individual elements resulting from the hand punch being punched too hard (one...
My favorite is Tomaska's Guide Book of Franklins. Although I do like Spinks as well.
The big difference between the appearance of Longacre and Machine doubling is machine doubling will usually be on one side of the affected...
This is not an actual coin. It looks like a gaming token, possibly from an Egyptian themed game or theme park. Its value is negligible.
Longacre Doubling: Some considerations I found this post on "Longacre Doubling: Some considerations" interesting and have nominated it...
It should be emphasized that Longacre doubling, like the machine doubling discussed last week, is not a true doubled die. "Doubled die" refers...
Heckuva nice birthday present. Holy cow. And I would not tell him to do what he pleases with them, because most teenagers intrepret that as...
Thanks for the Thread of the Week award, guys.
Several of the guys on the NGC board say its a late die state O-115 as well, so I'm thinking that must be what it is.
My unsolicited list of 20 collecting tips/comments/advice... I found this post on "My unsolicited list of 20 collecting tips/comments/advice..."...
Wasn't sure how far I could go. Warning noted.
Nice cud, justcoins. Here's my only one, a circulated Washington.
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