LOL. Damn that short term memory loss
^^^^ agreed, this site shows the same as above http://varietyvista.com/06%20Mercury%20Dime/DDOs%201942D.htm
Put it in a flip and label it. You can then use it for reference later if you come across something similar
Good write up and a wonderful coin Hearty congrats on 28K
A build up of grease and debris slowly collects in some of the incuse areas of the die, eventually stopping the forming of the devices in those...
I see a planchet error, improperly annealed. Also the dots between VDB look wrong
Another worn one GB Halfpenny 1917 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
GB Sixpence 1929 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Over to Australia, 1966 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you are referring to the area between shoulder and Liberty, that looks like a ridge ring forming, a sigh of a deteriorating, worn die. You can...
Entry Post My preference would be the 1989 sets, thanks for the chance Here is a lovely nickel [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I cannot see a cud on that image. A cud is a die break that starts at the rim and gradually spreads into the field as the die deteriorates further
Saxony thaler 1763 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is actually 1826 struck over a 1825 date, not the other way round...
The 1999 quarter I have as part of the Millennium Set [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Plating blisters, they are around the 1 of the date as well as elsewhere. Zincoln cent, enough said
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