To me the privy mark on the 2020-W Quarters is something that someone came up with that's totally different to try and spark an interest in coins...
So do I and it was under $10.00, a great buy!
MD is flat and shelf like. The photos you attached do not look like that. It really takes time.
I haven't been to a Wal-Mart in 2 years and buying a coin from them is the last place I'd be looking.
I've never had any coins in 2 x 2's that hazed like that. A proper dip and rinse should clear it up. Probably something on the coin before you got...
I think it's more an F-12. Certainly not fake.
My dad saved coins. Nothing special and only whet he could get from circulation. It was all he could afford. I wanted to be like my dad so I saved...
It takes time to learn the difference but the first thing I noticed is they are not flat and shelf like in appearance. Here is a 1939 Jefferson...
Wow! A hobo pumpkin!
This coin has NOT been whizzed. It HAS been cleaned. It looks nothing like a whizzed coin. These are not my coins but you can easily see the...
The idea was to gain attention and draw in new collectors. If the Mint had made them available as you suggest that would have defeated the purpose.
I got in change and I bought 2 others. I still need 2 more to have 1 of each.
It occurs to me that as bad as it may be, it can and usually does, gets worse.
Just damaged from being cleaned. This thread is from 2015 and again in 2018. You should have started a new thread but you should never clean a coin.
It's damaged. How? I don't know.
I'm not convinced it's damage and I can't imagine what would cause this at the Mint. The coin is worn from circulation and it's how old? 77 years?
Contact the machine builders or at the very least, higher up the banks food chain. I've never heard of anything like that.
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It's damaged as the plating was removed after it left the Mint.
Not PVC but it's been cleaned.
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