One thread is enough for your question.
Anyone can punch anything into any coin if they want to. Your Lincoln Cent is an example of this.
Please post photos of the '54-S, '61-D and '63-D Kennedy Halves.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Collect what you like (and what you can afford).
"$6 - $5" What the heck does that mean?
No single book will have what you want. For the detail you are asking for (die pairs) you will need to narrow your request to a denomination and a...
bd, I have been to your town a few times to shop at the Lodge Cast Iron Outlet Store. Nice place.
A genuine, copper-plated zinc cent will not be magnetic so if it is not magnetic that does not prove anything (except that it is not steel).
A blank planchet is fed in between two dies (and inside a collar). The dies come together and strike the coin. Both sides are struck at once. (It...
The last digit in the date looks like it took a hit from something (perhaps a coin counting machine or a coin wrapping machine) during its 67...
Here is an example of pareidolia in the news. A couple sees an image of Jesus in their Wal-Mart receipt. He is coming.... to Walmart: Eerie...
It looks like an ordinary 1972-S Lincoln Cent that has taken its share of hits during 39 years of circulation.
I cropped your photo a little and put the coin on a black background. [ATTACH]
Yes. Looks like a late-state capped die. Very nice find. (You said the reverse is fully-struck up, right?)
bd, Why don't you simply post your photo here rather than linking to a site (that probably requires people to sign on to view it)?
Grey Sheet Ask for the coin is $15.50 in Fine and $27 in VF. Deduct appropriately for being cleaned.
Humane, not human.
Your brain is playing tricks on you. The marks are nothing more than random marks on the coin but your brain sees them as something familiar....
The cheapest 1877 IHC I could find on eBay completed auctions was this one. Talk about ugly! Huge gash across the obverse. But for $139.17 what do...
A crack in the die would produce a raised line on the coin. The line appears to be indented into the coin which would indicate it is most likely...
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