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Section 5113 states that the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe tolerance for the manufacture of dollars half quarters and dimes and then...
Yep I just don't have the experience you all do. I do have a slabbed Morgan that is MS 66 and has far fewer facial marks though.:rolleyes:
Yep GDJMSP you are correct. The almanac is proving to be a great resource. There is a chapter called Numismstics and the Law and the specific...
I am out and about at the moment I will check it out later. I like your thinking, cite the source's source!
Is it okay to post a picture of a page out of a book without copyright infringement? I have listed the source above (Coin World Almanac). US coin...
According to the 8th edition of the Coin World Almanac quarter dollars from 1947 to1964 have a wieght of 6.25 grams with a tolerance of 0.194....
Okay no problem. The picture is a bit blurry so it is kind of hard to tell from the image you posted.
The die crack on the face of Jefferson on my avatar made me nickname the coin Capt. Ahab!
You could say this error found me as I did not find it! Another forum member pointed it out when I was asking if this could grade AU....
Sure thing! I posted this a week or so ago but I definitely don't get tired of looking at it!:D[ATTACH]
I like die cracks as well! Here is my IHC with a reverse die crack near 7 o'clock.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cool and I hope you find it! Have fun and ask questions. On the errors forum you can see a lot of other errors people are posting about to read up...
sorry to the OP I did not intend to make a judgement statement. I find it best to figure out what I care about coins so that I can focus my effort...
I am just trying to let you know it is nothing to be concerned about. No disrespect whatsoever. It is just a cent that looks a little different....
Something to think about is why do you care if it is an error coin in the first place? 99.9999 percent of "errors" on modern coins are absolutely...
There were almost 4 Billion of these coins minted in Philadelphia in 2005. There are bound to be some errors. This one looks like PMD. However...
My WAG is MS64 PL
Picked this up today at my LCS. Labeled as D/D BU. What kind of impact do a few carbon spots have on the grade? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes it is a well worn copper plated zinc cent worth 1 cent.
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