How so?
To add to the excellent info given by RiverGuy, you must wait for the course catalog to be released in January. Then you will know which courses...
Yes, it is a genuine US Mint issue. 332,891 Proofs were struck and 266,927 Uncirculated were struck.
Chris, my purpose was to point out that Brenner's initials were not moved from the reverse to the obverse in 1959; they were placed on the obverse...
Actually Victor D. Brenner's initials (V.D.B.) were removed from the reverse of the 1909 Lincoln Cents after a public uproar over the designer's...
That is the designer's intials and is found on every Kennedy Half Dollar. Gilroy Roberts was the Chief Engraver of the Mint and he designed the...
This Large Cent has been whizzed. Note the unnatural appearance of the coin. Also note the the buildup of material beside the raised elements on...
I assume by "they" you mean the San Francisco Mint. The Philadelphia and Denver Mints both produced over 4 billion Lincoln Cents in 1977.
It may be gambling but the odds are in favor of the house. In this case, the seller controls what coins the buyer receives. I would be willing to...
When a coin is struck by a grease-filled die those elements (where the grease has filled the die) will not be fully struck or they may be missing...
Your photo is too out of focus to make out much detail. I'm sure it is simply a scratch that looks like an 'S'.
You're putting words in my mouth. All I said was the animal on the coin is a bear. Anyone that knows anything about California Fractional Gold...
If you feel like throwing away $60 go for it.
Your California Fractional Gold piece is not genuine. Heritage says:
That is a good example of the human element in the coin-making process, something we have a lot less off these days.
It looks like some solder dripped on the coin. It is PMD (post-Mint damage). That certainly did not happen during the minting process.
We can't tell you much without a good photo (but you already knew that). It could be a grease-filled die. It could be PMD. But we will just have...
Ya got me. Maybe we didn't get invited to the Coin Talk Christmas Party.
Yep, it's a love token. Many people collect love tokens. I have not seen many love tokens made from twenty cent pieces.
Not really. If anything it is more of a variety rather than an error. A clashed die can produce thousands of coins with the same clash marks.
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