The zinc core is showing. The copper plating is only microns thick and can wear off easily. Once the core is exposed to oxygen and the environment...
Welcome to CT. Before rushing into grading and all the associated costs involved, post both sides of your coin in focus and choose the Full Image...
I think a lot of the marks in front of the face are on the slab and then reflected by the coin surface. The devices have enough of that frosty...
As far as varieties are concerned there are a few very sought after issues. One Country put the wrong date on the die and in the early 2000;s...
Yep a good looking one. Hasn't had to work too hard in it's life.
Or, it is only valid on Wednesday, every other day it is MD or DDD
If you stick mainly to pre 1999 coinage, I guess it is about the same as it always was.
That is a German one, minted in Munich. Each country in the euro-zone have their own obverses, often different for each denomination, and...
Looks like it took a hit
Don't know how they determine their die info, but Wexler has it as a Class V
See it here http://varietyvista.com/01a%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%201/DDO%201955.htm
You really need to sit down and study the differences between true die doubling and the no added value versions as you have been told many times...
I am not seeing the westward spread as Wexler shows it. There are a lot of die markers for stage A and B, do they match? Also your coin was struck...
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Isle of Man. On the reverse are some of the issues of Manx coinage from the past. Notice George Washington at the bottom, Bi-centenary of American...
Great as always. Anything lost long ago and then found, has a story only it knows and we are left with only imagination and fantasy. Keep the...
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