Could be a brockage struck by a capped die.
mkwelbornjr, You would make a pretty good spokesman for these trinkets. Are you currently affiliated with the company that sells them?
Please post a photo of the reverse. Is the reverse fully struck or is it as weak as the obverse?
They have little to no collector value due to their heavily worn condition. But they are 35% silver and have a current melt value of $1.63 each.
Will do.
Ken is a member of my coin club and he still collects credit cards and other plastic forms of money. Last year he brought some cards he got while...
Congrats on a nice find. I have never heard of a $20 roll of half dollars. I have only seen $10 rolls of half dollars.
Your photo is fairly small (and upsidedown) but it looks like a hunk has been cut out of the coin.
Your photos are too small. The coin in the second photo is no larger than the coin itself. Please post larger photos.
The surfaces do not look natural. I don't see any luster. I suspect the coin has been been polished or whizzed.
That is the case for any 40% silver US coin.
When Wayne's character checked the deck "only" three Aces were missing. You would think people that play poker every day would notice that.
The photo of the 1928-? Peace Dollar was added after we commented.
I watched Rio Bravo tonight for the first time in a LONG time. It is a Western starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson. Too bad the...
That quarter has been through the wringer. It is damaged. Not an error.
The 1964s were 90% silver too.
PMD = Post-Mint Damage (i.e., damaged AFTER the coin was minted)
The '46-D Lincoln is damaged. It took a hit across the date.
Sometimes a dealer will send junk silver to the smelter to be melted but usually they will resell it to a buyer who wants to hold silver. The...
AU-50. Not enough luster for high AU. (An AU-58 coin should be a lightly-circulated coin with GREAT eye appeal. This one does not have good eye...
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