ANA Summer Seminar 2011 begins June 25 in Colorado Springs. Who will be attending this year. I will be attending both weeks. Week 1 I am...
I don't know of any reference specifically about Jefferson Nickel errors. Errors are not specific to a particular coin. (OK, there are exceptions,...
dbk, No offense intended but have you studied the minting process? If not, you should. If you understand the minting process and then study how...
Real nice, Clembo. The woman in the vignette on the center MPC looks a lot like Teresa de Francisci (whom the Peace Dollar Liberty was modelled...
Errors or varieties?
You could search the Heritage site (and other auction sites) for completed autions. I'm not sure but I would think you can limit the search to a...
Looks like a minor die chip (maybe a couple of them).
Got a photo of the coin?
PMD - post-Mint damage (or damaged AFTER the coin was minted)
The off-color portion of the coin also goes across Lincoln's shoulder and chest. It could be an improperly mixed alloy or an imbed. Hard to tell...
Once a Proof always a Proof. If a Proof coin is circulated it becomes an impaired Proof.
They could have also used garden shears.
Welcome to CoinTalk, Half. Are you a collector or an investor? I don't see much upside to holding rolls of State Quarters. The coins were struck...
Not likely. San Francisco only produced Proof Cents in 1975. It is not likely a Proof die with an 'S' mintmark was repunched with a 'D' mintmark...
Lance, you must have gotten ahold of some bad information. A modern 90% silver half is a silver half. Since 1873 the weight of 90% silver Half...
I know but I couldn't pass that one up!!
Thank you, Doug. That was the point I was trying to make.
Broadstruck??? Really?? I see no evidence whatsoever that this coin was struck outside the collar. What do you see that makes you think this coin...
Uncirculated copper coins have an additional descriptor - Red, Red-Brown, or Brown. A Red coin has nearly the full, red Mint color, Brown has...
Stay away from SGS.
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