It is very, very common. The image was pressed or stamped into the coin.
What is a "10X tripod"?
None of the items you listed are US Commemorative coins.
It was probably an encased cent. Search the threads and you will find many discussions about encased cents that have edges like yours.
Of course Fort Knox is full of gold. How do I know? I have seen it. (It was in the James Bond movie Goldfinger. But I have been to Fort Knox and I...
No it is not. I don't think you fully understand what I wrote. You really need to understand the coin-making process to understand what a...
It makes no sense to acid date a Type I Buffalo Nickel. If you have a Type I Buffalo Nickel it is guaranteed to be dated 1913 because Type I...
A groove is not a flange. From your photos and your descriptions your coins are not railroad rims.
The Trade Dollar was remonetized in the Coinage Act of 1965.
I obviously don't see what you see. A railroad rim is a coin that was struck partially outside (and partially inside) the collar. The part that...
As a home inspector and energy auditor I use an infrared camera. (Don't even ask how much my infrared camera cost. It was almost as much as my...
Look in the protected areas (e.g., inside the 9 and 0 in the date, and inside some of the letters) and you should still be able to see mirrors if...
umo, There are innumerable threads on CoinTalk that discuss counterfeits. Use the search feature to search for "counterfeit" and you'll find...
Gold closed today at $1,246.60 and silver closed at $19.85. That is a Gold/Silver ratio of 62.8. Historically, the ratio was between 15 and 16...
It goes back to the Mint to be recycled, i.e. melted.
Your photo is too small to conclusively say one way or the other. But based on your small photo I will say "no". Keep looking.
It's ugly. VERY ugly. Plus it is fake - as in AT (Artificial Toning).
There little to no chance of finding a capped die in a roll because capped die is usually much greater in diameter than a normal coin. (So it...
Another fine job, Clinker. I visited the site of Templeton Reid's mint a few months ago. Check out my thread: Templeton Reid Mint - First...
Dollar coins do not circulate to any great extent. So whenever someone (other than a coin collector who knows better) gets one they think the coin...
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