Yes, they are toned. IMO, heavy toning like this is not appealing. However, your coins are all common 90% silver and their value is based on...
@furryfrog02 You have an echo ;)
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Here are some books I use. Paper Money Messages, isn't for identification, but provides the back stories behind the notes. Vol 2 is primarily...
Listed as OH165EU-9a R10 in Fuld's 1975 2nd edition of U.S. Civil War Store Cards. The rarity may have been updated since then
Nothing special 1979-D – Damage or Machine doubling (can’t tell from the pic) Mercury Dime – Damage – BTW: AW are the designers initials, not the...
It’s either a filled mm or circulation damage. The inner part of the mm is very small and it isn’t uncommon for it to chip off the die....
I’ve worked on a few project over the years where we’ve tried to use resistivity measurements to identify internal flaws, but they lacked...
Zinc rot. The copper plating was breached and the zinc underneath started to corrode. Probably started as split plating next to the mm. Not an...
XRF is a surface measurement technique. It DOES NOT measure a slice through the coin. There is a device by Sigma that uses resistivity to...
Silver has good thermal conductivity and so does copper. [IMG]
Cast counterfeits were prevalent in the 70s. I recall reading many articles in the weekly coin publications and The Numismstist. I recall some...
The last year the mint hand punched mintmarks on dies was 1989.
I agree with @paddyman98 that the some is some sort of PMD. Notice how the features on the obv. portrait are flattened and distorted, yet LIBERTY...
Weights would really help pinpoint them. They should be the same as a struck coin of that denomination.
Most of the books are in German. I have a German English dictionary and a German numismatic dictionary (free download on line) to help but...
@E.hall89 bookmark these sites. Www.error-ref.com www.doubleddie.com There are others as well. THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE is to learn how coins...
Yep, been there, done that. Years ago, I stared buying the group lots on ebay. Now I have a few thousand different, plus a lot of Austrian...
Didn't learn your lesson last night? ;)
I think I recall reading that the 2013 J* may be a better one, but not certain. I think @SteveInTampa may have posted that to a star question in...
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