Terrific find!
@masterswimmer must have cloudy eyes after doing some laps!! ;-) That's a nice delam...like half of a split planchet. Nice error...
Maybe less time than you think. Really depends on the conditions around the event. Coins stacked in a drink holder in a hot car accelerate the...
A couple more items from the small hoard of pocket change. [ATTACH]
Gathered in change this morning - fun to catch one on the go. [ATTACH]
As tools wear, there is some level of transfer to the planchet. Trace amounts but when oils used in manufacturing run low/out, more transfer. I...
Big kids like finding them too!!
It mainly relied on dumps in my experience. Hang in there.
:(I’m always on the fence about expected die wear and tear being an error. But apparently those far wiser have deemed it so. I reluctantly accept.
Just terrific! Well done!!
Indeed! I tend to scan my change quickly but without my glasses I’m generally only going to detect the most obvious. When I do go through it...
Hey Sarge...did you mean to attach a photo or two??
Nice LWC! It is fun finding an old, well worn specimen! I've another small hoard to sort...so hopefully something in the mix for a change (pun...
I think it might be a normal cent. It does have some similarity to 004 perhaps...different die stage. But not 002. Wait for the Frog...
Question: third party packaging? No mint sets for that date as I recall.
Back in the late 70s, my brother or I found a shiny 1950 nickel during a CRH event and set it aside with our other finds. We had an old printers...
I crossed that bridge long ago. Before I got back into collecting about 10 years ago, I had been setting aside state quarters and bicentennial...
I agree with Chris. Environmental damage or maybe a bit of solder/flux damage. Make sure that you don’t alter a coin that could be a true error....
Fun funds and stories! That 1909 VDB and 1938D and S look like liberated coins caught at a good point by fellow enthusiasts to spare a harsher...
Welcome aboard. As you note, developing the eye is critical as a collector. Be patient and read plenty. Get lost in reading and researching....
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