I've got a pretty decent run of type coins, and I was working on New Jersey coppers by die variety but they just get too pricy for anything over...
Definitely stained and discolored, looks like it was in a nasty environment!
Yes, someone damaged it after it left the mint. Looks like another coin was pressed into it.
Thanks, didn't know that!
No, only the Philadelphia mint made proofs back then.
Nope.
Yes, he appeared on another coin forum asking people to help him find out why he was banned here and help him get back.
Please post some of this proof that you were right if it exists. I for one, and I suspect others would like to know so we can learn from our...
Not seeing anything like that at all. Instead of looking for error coins in circulation for a while, maybe you should buy some inexpensive...
The damage is definitely not the same on the two coins. Both have heavy contact damage, but not the same. Your coin is just damaged with 100%...
If your coin is the same, then it is damaged just as this one is. There can easily be more than one coin damaged in the same way. Post some...
OK, just explain how this could have occurred during the minting process.Part of coin collecting is knowing and understanding how coins are made....
Not only clues, but we have all the hard evidence needed for a positive declaration of damage!
48-g
It is an R1 on the Sheldon scale, that is the most common with higher R numbers being rarer. To confuse matters, the new URS rarity scale is...
Nice coin, but $550 is way too high. It is a 48-g, another very common variety.
Definitely 63-s, one of the more common varieties. Decent detail on that one, rough surfaces but that is not unusual on these.
Nice two cent piece! [Not a shield nickel!]
No one here will be fooled by a claim of them already having been certified. These coins are clearly just damaged, the slightest knowledge of the...
Interesting to see it, and know exactly how it was damaged. A very good example of one of the limitless ways in which a coin can be damaged.
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