Can you shine some light on the coin and retake the photos? From what I can see in your dark photos it looks like the reverse is concave (sort...
Guys, offers to buy and sell are supposed to be reserved for the Open Section.
I don't agree. A brockage occurs when a struck coin comes between a planchet and a die making the struck coin act as a die. If it was a brockage...
He was able to upload the photo on one of his other threads but the photo is too small to see much detail. In general graffiti is considered...
I agree. If the coin had been "ground down" (as an earlier poster suggested) I would expect to see zinc because these coins have a zinc core...
It could be. In fact it looks like a clipped planchet but I don't see the Blakesley effect (possibly due to less than perfect photos, especially...
Take along a magnet.
Type I Buffalo Nickels are easy to find. I saw a number of them at a coin show today.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Where? I don't see one. Remember that all genuine War Nickels (which includes 1944 nickels) have a LARGE mintmark above Monticello.
Hmmmmm.
So "1920 and back" does not mean '1920 and earlier'?
A pennyweight is a unit of weight commonly used in measuring jewelry. A pennyweight is not the weight of a US Cent. One pennyweight is about 1.555...
Looks like a genuine 1974 clad quarter that has had a hard life. Is the "error" the damage at the L in LIBERTY on the obverse and the QU in...
I attended that CCAC meeting and I did not take their actions as complaining.
Why did Canada mint coins in 1999 to commemorate the new millenium? The new millenium (and the 21st century) began when the calendar flipped over...
OG, sounds like you lucked out. The seller did not have to let you off the hook. When you bid you agreed to pay the winning bid for the item that...
12-31-74 is the day FDR's ban on private ownership of gold ended. I am sure that is the event the date on the gold-plated cent refers to.
Can you take the coin out of the 2X2 and retake the photos? The glare on the plastic makes it hard to see the surfaces of the coin.
Very cool.
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