I don't recall posting this before but I may have. If I did please don't hold it against me. All I can think about is the daily pain from my left...
Nice one!
DDD
I answered this in another thread.
It's been awhile but as I recall reading somewhere a long time ago, coins were hard to get so merchants made tokens. These tokens were accepted as...
To answer your question, it sucks.
It's been damaged, that simple.
I have a number of ugly rotting ones as well. It's the zinc and yours is no exception. Chalk it up to environmentally damaged.
I've always thought the design was the main factor for weakly struck Peace Dollars. You do see a lot of them, all dates and mintmarks included.
The op asked further into this thread how coinstar got into her thread. The answer is in the thread itself. I don't believe the op had received...
I got this one a little later so it cost me $16.00. Not really a semi-key but definitely a tougher date to get. Only 1,569,500 minted originally....
The bottom of the D has been flattened, hence it's damaged as it took a small hit. Same with the U but not as strong and the stain hides it a little.
Fine a good solid online coin dealer.
The answer to that is in this thread.
I sure don't know how it made its way to the junk value pricing but I did ask and he said fine so now it's mine at a good price. Yes, it is a win/win.
The best thing you can do is to learn how coins are minted. Then when you see a coin that has an anomaly, ask yourself how could something like...
He's an honest dealer and I want to maintain a solid relationship with him. :)
Coin crack?
It's damaged and damaged only after it left the Mint. It's only worth face value.
Looks like it was dropped in 2 parking lots.
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