That's a small price to pay for that education. Some pay much more. If nothing else it will make a good conversation piece. Don't let this...
I agree. It looks like a modern fake made to sell to unsuspecting tourists.
They never met a coin that was not MS-70.
It is not the collar that is clipped. It is the blank itself that is clipped during the blanking process. The collar is the third die that...
Yep, it is a love token. I know people who collect love tokens. Sounds like a cool piece. Post pics if you can.
Missing copper plating. As bl stated the core of the coin is zinc so the silver-looking metal you are seeing is zinc. That's a pretty cool error...
I agree. Tilted collar. Nice find.
Excellent work as usual.
A junk coin is a coin that has no numismatic value (for whatever reason). The coin could be damaged or heavily worn but even coins in Mint State...
Photos would really help. Is any of the writing (LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, date) on the side with the "reversed" Kennedy reversed?
How about some photos?
its a shame schools no longer teach spelling grammar and punctuation i find it hard to read sentences that have no punctuation does the seller say...
The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 so that could not be it. I doubt the item is a coin - no country of issue and...
How can the seller stay in business selling currency for less than face? Oh, I got it - - - VOLUME!!
Shoot me a PM.
www.kitco.com is a good resource. Of course they provide the spot price of PMs, not necessarily what you can buy it for. And remember that you...
An RPM would not be sheared off like that. That looks like machine damage. Note the shelf-like shearing of the mintmark. The dies came together to...
Looks like machine doubling to me. That spot on the U in TRUST is a small die chip, not a cud. A cud is a large break in the die that includes...
You must not be a business owner. During deflationary times the price of your product or service goes down which means you don't make as much money.
Lincoln Cent production can exceed 4 billion. That is 4,000,000,000. Where could a number that long be placed on an already crowded coin?
Separate names with a comma.