Mintmarks were added to dies, not coins. Before about 1990 mintmarks were punched into completed dies by hand. Then the die was used to strike coins.
Tyler, multiple threads with the same question leads to confusion. As I said in your other thread, no.
No, doubling on the mintmark would preclude it from being a DDO. (The mintmark was punched into the die by hand after the die was completed.)...
The coin did not originally get one mintmark and then another - the die did. So any coins struck by that die will have the overmintmark.
So this House bill is different from the Senate bill, right? That would mean the two houses will ned to get together and agree on a bill that both...
Think again. Under the law that was passed as part of the healthcare bill a coin dealer (or any business for that matter) would be required to...
The coin may have been exposed to something harsh that accelerated the toning process.
That's a great gift from a great guy. I wish RickieB the best with his health issues.
It may be a clothes dryer coin. While it is more common for a dime or cent to find its way into a fin of a commercial clothes dryer it is not...
I'm not what your question is but coins were first used in Lydia (in modern-day Turkey) in the 7th Century BC. Around that time coins were also...
It appears that the last digit of the date is weak or missing due to a grease-filled die. As to whether the coin is off-center, we would need a...
Maybe it is the photos or, as you suggested, the lighting. Portions of the coin do not look as sharply struck as I would expect on a Proof...
Is your coin a Half Penny (Great Britain) or a Half Cent (United States)? edit - - - - Never mind. I posted my question before the photo loaded.
Unfortunately this type of thing happens from time to time. Check out the case in the thread below: Florida Coin Dealer Arrested For Theft From...
Check out this raw 1883 Shield Nickel on eBay. Item 130477276009. 1883 5c. Shield Nickel GEM Proof The seller describes the nickel as "GEM...
That is terrible. Unfortunately, when you get a group of people together you run the risk of having a dishonest person in the group. You hate to...
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Condition? Uncirculated? Blue Ikes? Brown Ikes? Or circulated?
The Red Book has all the information you need. You may need to do a calculation or two to convert the weight to the units you prefer.
If it is plated there won't be much gold.
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