What I find interesting is that the reverse intersection point on your coin (and at the link I provided) has a more rolled appearance typically...
Stabilizing as best you can is what’s important. I’ve not done broader research on conservation but it’s on my to-do list. We all have our problem...
Yup to both. DDR lusting at Brian’s site might offer more input on markers. I’m not near a computer or I’d check.
Lol. Mine are bloodshot!
Not a DDO. As noted it is die deterioration. Must have gotten the heart to skip a beat though. IGWT is messy.
Looks normal to me.
Still a little out of focus but I think you have one. The condition of your coin looks good too! I hope I’m right; with coin in hand I’m sure you...
They surely help lock the find in!!
Your photos are just a bit out of focus or a bit too far to see the markers. But it looks very promising. That is one of my particular RPM...
Can you find the markers? http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1987&die_id=1987d1mm003&die_state=mds
Same here. Using my bottle of Verdi-care sparingly (conserving that too!).
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1938-5c/4175 Note the reverse on this doesn't have the squared rim...there's hope!!
I don't think so, but a nice looking coin just the same. Front kind of has the squared rim, but the reverse looks business strike. Perhaps just...
It's worth a shot. Test it on common coins first so you know what the effects are.
I'm with Islander again. Conserve the coin with Verdi-care. That's too bad...maybe someone sneezed nearby that coin at one point 40 years ago....
I'm with Islander; probably nothing to do there. Acetone might lift free grit on the surface, but it wont lift a spot. Look at it first under a...
That and the law would have to change. You'd probably be better off trading your pennies for gold or silver. Your call of course. No judgment...
Correct. Although a doubled die coin can also display MD, when looking at the mint mark of Lincoln cents (before 1990) if you notice the same...
If you do something like this, you may want to invest in a decent scale that can discriminate to the cent. Require the customer to sort into bins...
Was the battery good? ;-)
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