Looks like it's a cud - involves the rim. I see an extended crack as well. I was a little worried it was just a giant blister. Nice find!!
It looks like it might be the result of environmental damage where a portion of the coin has been eaten away by corrosion. It looks like there is...
Could be a bit of a retained break/IDB. When taking pictures, fill the photo with the coin and remove most of the background. Can you get us...
I haven't spent too much time in the VAM listings, but there are a ton of them. It's like figuring out RPMs for 60s Lincoln Cents.
I was looking at the knot in the ribbon, but it looks centered relative to the D and O in DOLLAR.
Not sure I see the doubling on the inside loop of the 3, but O is left.
Looking at Wexler's listings, there are 4 or so possibilities. You'll need to compare and identify markers. Only 140 listed DDRs....
Brown was in Harper's Ferry to get the guns from the arsenal. That became 'John Brown's Fort' where he stayed held up until eventually giving up....
As noted by your fellow enthusiasts, not a DDO this time...but still a nice specimen. Lots of folks will see MD in that area and it'll spur a...
I'm going to have to look that up later...more to learn!!
George Rogers Clark 815,540
Looks like the 2008 is an Impaired Proof while the 2017 is and S mint Circulation find. Village Coin Shop: San Francisco "S" Mint National Park...
S Mint quarters from US Mint bring premiums (coinworld.com)
Looks like a nice cent...well preserved. But it might just be a bit of MD in that area. Quite common for cents for that date...or maybe it seems...
Better than getting hit, Peter! Stay with your plan!
That would make sense. Kind of like impaired proofs then...meant for collectors but found a pathway to circulation.
Attended Boys State as a high schooler and learned about politics. I had no interest before or after. But it was the missing piece of Civics...
Interesting connection. As I kid, I once dreamt what it might be like to trace back to a Revolutionary or Civil War relative. But mine came much...
Lincoln is an interesting person...and I read the GBA a few times a year...to remind me of important obligations as an American...and to inspire...
I have a friend whose great-great grandfather (might be another great in there) was an Ohio infantrymen in the Civil War. He was part of...
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