Sky Sox. I am going but not with the ANA group. I am a season ticket holder so I already have a ticket to the game. And my seat is better than...
So why don't you post a photo of your coin so we can see it? A picture is worth a thousand words.
He's right. Graders spend only a few seconds grading a coin and rarely do they use a loupe. That's not to say that they only spend 6 seconds total...
I have produced the same effect by heating zinc cents.
Be advised that many Early US Commems have been (are are being) counterfeited. If your counterfeit detection skills are not the best you might...
You're welcome. I'm glad to help. You have to learn somewhere. So are you a coin collector or were you just curious about the one coin?
Welcome to CoinTalk. 1969-S Cents are not rare. Over 544 million were struck. Only two or three dozen Doubled Die '69-S Lincoln Cents are known...
What you have described (and what I see in your photos) is a MAD (misaligned die). An off-center would be off center on both obverse and reverse....
Sounds like a blank (aka, Type 1 Planchet).
Gonna be some fun times. The weather is great here.
I will be one of your students. I am really looking forward to this course.
Sorry but the coin is damaged. Something hit the 9.
A stopped clock is right twice a day. (All in good fun.)
Dan, Grey Sheet is a price guide used by coin dealers and lists the Buy & Sell wholesale prices for coins. Those prices DO NOT typicially...
Grey Sheet for a complete set of Indian Head Cents (plus 1857 & 1858 Flying Eagle Cents) in Good - Very Good is $1,975. The 1877 and 1909-S...
No real surprise there. That's not the first time we have spotted fakes here and unfortunately it won't be the last. Hope you didn't pay much...
I had no idea Kennedy wore a toupee. :hail:
cramer, Yours is a story we have heard here many times and will surely hear many more times.
Looks like something may have rubbed away the copper plating exposing the zinc core. By the way, the copper on a Zinc Cent is thin plating, not...
So did you buy empty coin folders and got a Peace Dollar as an added bonus? If so, that's a nice surprise. Congrats.
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