Since there were no mintmarks on coins 1965-1967 it could be a Denver quarter. Regardless, it sounds like a counterstamp or some other sort of...
Am I the only one that is confused here?
So we are not talking about a genuine Mint error?
It is impossible to authenticate or grade your coin from those photos. Have you tried showing it to your local dealer? IF your coin is genuine...
Without a macro lens and a tripod or a copy stand you may not get suitable photos of your coin. Decent digital cameras are available for $150. Why...
Looks like PMD to me. 1971 cents did not have a zinc core. Zinc cents did not appear until 1982.
Too bad your token was harshly cleaned.
Maybe a little finning. Nothing to get excited about.
That is known as strike doubling (aka machine doubling).
Historical precedence? Once is hardly historical precenence. The US has had four Presidents that were assassinated while they were in office:...
Boonman, Consider this a downpayment on your numismatic education. Some people pay a WHOLE LOT more to learn the same lesson.
The damage would lower the grade to no higher than MS-63 or, if the damage is deemed severe enough, the coin would be considered damaged and would...
If the mark was caused after minting the damage will be below the surface of the coin. If the mark is a die crack it will be raised above the...
I keep one roll in my safe deposit box and I use the other roll as a door stop.
Genuine toning painted on the coin = Artificial Toning
The coin in the flip does not look like the coin in the photo on the ANACS card. I would ask for a better photo of the coin to compare to the...
Henning struck his nickels; he did not cast them. (I own one of his 1944 No P nickels.) I am well aware that there is "more than one way to...
I don't think that is a casting line. It could possibly have been caused by a cracked collar. Casting lines generally go around the edge of the...
Without photos all we can do is specualate.
I see nothing to indicate the coin is fake. Looks like a dug coin to me.
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