USB microscopes are the reason newbies think they have found major errors and varietys. All that is needed is a five to 10x loupe. Anything more...
The MM looks interesting. I just think it is only that. I'd like to direct your attention to the date. See the twisting and fattening of the...
My vote was 67 can't see it going any higher as a wrong planchet strike. Very cool Love the coin.
I am going even lower the coin is way too dark. 425
There is no debate the only debate is you not knowing what you are looking at. Many folks keep damaged coins and think they are valuable. This is...
I don't argue your point at all. If I was in the market for this coin I would have bought a different one. @C-B-D it looks good, just not natural.
:facepalm: Did you pay for restoration?
+1 There is also a slight raised are between the wing and head. Possibly one between the beak and other wing. There's all kinds of things seen on...
Having better photos no doubt will help. The cellophane above the area in question looks damaged. The metal would be pushed one way or the other....
The O is for New Orleans C is for Charlotte
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The arch looks like PMD to me. I am pretty sure I see displaced metal.
Thats way better. See those bright white flashes at the top of the 9, 6,and 8? Not to mention the MM? It is flat to the coin. These are the...
I came off way to strong today and I am sorry, another member was very polite in tell ing you about hijacking a thread. Please stick around I have...
It's a pretty cool looking area around the eye. This is a very cool stage of a later die state coin imagine a set of dies striking a coin in one...
sardine Twinkie ? Just mix it in with left over dry food, then let him out, he will be waiting and expecting that next bowl in the morning. Mine...
Please don't take this as a squirt from the water bottle. Years ago I changed my eating habits to the healthy approach. I eat much less and my...
No doubt! Even drinking and having two thumbs, I am guilty if that.
If I had to guess who Ed Wood was in his former life it would be Marcus LOL.
See that dark spot in the center of the halo. That is what you would like to see around the perimeter of the coin. Are the lights automatic or can...
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