No. Nickels are made of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - nickel. (25% nickel and 75% copper) That is true. War Nickels used an alloy that was...
Are you sure about the heating up part? That's a new one on me. Here are a couple of my Hobo Nickels. The 1935 is a modern carving and the 1936...
Thanks for the refresher. I knew that at one time but forgot it due to not using it for too long.
Brian, It is all part of the learning process.
The Mint waffles their reject coins and planchets and send them back to their suppliers for recycling.
Longacre Doubling is very common. You find it a lot on Indian Head Cents, too. I think it is a very cool feature.
Could be a formerly-encased cent.
Are you sure it is not Longacre Doubling? edit Longacre Doubling is common on Gold Dollars. It appears on numerals and letters that were punched...
Not necessarily, although coins with great natural toning can bring many, many multiples of the book value. On the other hand, a coin with...
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