You'll have to post better photos than that if you want any good opinions. It would help if you could illuminate the coin better. Is the coin that...
I think you did OK. It looks like a brockage by a late-state capped die. It's a great find.
Can you take pics of the coin outside the 2X2? The glare makes it hard to see the details of the coin.
That is amazing. That beats the oldest nickel I found in circulation by quite a bit. (And when I last found an early - mid-teens- Buffalo nickel...
Well that didn't exactly resolve anything.
Pardon my ignorance but are Full Steps a legitimate designation for an SMS Jefferson Nickel? SMS coins were not struck twice (or more) like Proof...
Do you mean the reverse of the star note is blank or you don't have have a photo of the reverse?
They have value. Maybe a dollar or two or more each. You may get a better price by selling them as a lot.
They are not a US Mint product. There is no telling what they are. They could be (and probably are) gold plated. I wouldn't buy them.
I cannot give you an answer - or even a guess - without photos. How bad did Coin Vault burn you on those Proof Sets? (Maybe that's how the Cent...
You found a Civil War Token roll searching?!?! That is amazing!! Congrats.
Welcome back. We can always use another coinman.
It stands for Extremely Fine but many (most?) people say Extra Fine. That is a nice quarter. And the '78-CC Morgan looks like a very nice coin....
You snooze you lose. :D
It is a hammer job or a squeeze. Essentially someone placed two coins together and smashed or squeezed them together. It is a damaged coin and...
My guess is they were made for the tourists.
Congrats. That is a cool coin to have. Can you post a pic without the glare on the coin so we can see the Matte finish?
The damage is indented into the coin. The damage includes the fields, devices and the rim. 100% PMD.
I agree with coinman.
I don't think we will ever know. That was the one and only post he made.
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