There were 377 million Business Strikes and 3.26 million Proofs minted at San Francisco in 1972. Your coin looks like one of the Business Strikes.
Brian, You now have THREE threads with the exact same question. One thread is enough.
Which of your two threads with this question should we reply to? The photo of the reverse is too blurry for me to take a stab at whether the...
The strike looks like a Business Strike (not a Proof).
I paid $20 for 20 NA Dollars. Can't beat the price. (I did have to feed a meter for parking though.) Below are photos of one of them. [ATTACH]...
What makes you think it is Proof?
I picked up 20 examples of the 2011-D Glacier National Park Quarter at the Denver Mint Gift Shop today. Below are photos of one of them....
I picked up 20 examples of the 2011-D Native American Dollar at the Denver Mint Gift Shop today. Below are photos of one of them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
IF it is true it is HUGE news. I heard it directly from a Mint employee. There is no doubt what I heard. But there is no guarantee it is true. I...
I picked up $20 worth today at the Denver Mint.
Dug, Welcome to CoinTalk. Congrats on a very cool find. Yes, that is a heavy clash. Both side exhibit clashing. Small coins (like your...
You heard if here first. The Denver Mint will strike Proof coins beginning in 2012! I was in Denver this afternoon and I had some time to kill...
I agree. That definition was probably written by a committee.
To me a "complete break" means rim to rim. A die that has broken rim-to-rim but stikes a coin with the broken piece retained in place so that...
Maybe a die chip but definitely not a cud. (A cud includes the rim.)
You may already know this but just in case you don't know - - - DO NOT buy coins advertised on an infomercial. DO NOT buy coins advertised in a...
If it is plated it would have been plated outside the Mint. The infomercial TV shows that sell garbage (colorized coins, gold plated coins, etc.)...
I agree but I would add "cleaned". Note the halo effect around the stars, digits of the date and all the devices.
I don't believe Reid sold the nugget to the jeweler. The story I heard was that he used the nugget as a door stop for many years until someone...
I love, You should never hold your coins the way you are holding your CBH in the above photos. Only hold your coins by the edge. (Your fingers...
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