It's always cool to find a die chip (internal die break) progression like that. You're correct, they came from the same die. As the coins were...
The rim is irregular and you can see how it is starting to fold over the design I would suspect that the reverse looks similar. Can't say for...
The 1907-A is a common date. The A mint mark indicates it was minted in Berlin. While it looks nice from what I tell from your pics, I think the...
It's always nice when a retail clerk gives a chemistry professional safety instructions for the proper handling of chemicals. Yeah, I know, the...
I'll add my 2 cents. You found 2 cents that are worth 2 cents. I hope that makes sense.
I recommend buying a copy of A Guide Book of United States Coins (called the Redbook). The absolute bales aren't always accurate to the market,...
For what it's a worth, there was a collector/researcher named Don Dool who used to post on the Yahoo boards that had an interest in Bolivar...
The split surfaces looks authentic to me. Still a really cool error, even with the rim damage
I don't see anything but it's hard to tell from your pics The best thing to do is go to www.doubleddie.com and look up the doubled dies for...
The mint only lists a combined mintage the 1982 Philly large and small date copper cents. 10.7 Billion were made. BTW, I quickly looked up the...
The 10 thou OOR is PMD. If you look closely at the rim, you'll see a mark /step at 7:00 and one above the T in LIBERTY. The rim was probably...
Clashes tend to show up on the high points of the die, which are the low points in the coin. On the TJ dollar, notice that the eyes are recessed...
The dark spots on your coin are from environmental damage. The marks on the obverse are hits and digs from circulation. The mark on the forehead...
Yes, you have a 1982-D small date zinc.
@Spiritawahili I wasn't criticizing what people collect. I will never criticize another persons choice if it makes them happy. However, many...
Makes more sense than the responses from the OP
The previous poster is correct. Copper Cents weigh 3.11 gms and the copper plated zinc cents weigh 2.50 gms. Denver minted slightly over 6...
Geez, somewhere I have the promotional poster the BEP supplied to stores and banks when they issuing these as "new style" notes
Have you tried posting on other forums? Maybe they would be more appreciative of your self proclaimed logic and deductive reasoning skills. I...
Unless you're looking at microstructures of glass bonded ceramics and need to determine the morphology of the recrystallized mullite. Then 100x...
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