The area opposite STATES OF on the obverse is the base of Lincoln's bust. It takes a lot of metal to flow into there and fill it. It's not...
Like @thomas mozzillo said about hand punched mm. Yours is quite a bit to the right. It might have a slight premium especially in that condition...
When going to shows, I have 2 pools of cash. One is my "quality coin" money that I use for buying very specific coins that I've researched. The...
@ziggy9 - Good luck and I wish you well I was a member of the BNS (and CCB) from 2005-2008 but moved from the area. I enjoyed the club so much...
I agree. The ding/mark is small, but you'll always know it's there. One piece of advice is to plan in advance what coin(s) you want, do the...
I'm still saving for the tabletop SEM. I've got a great place in the garage for it
Pretty sure it's a counterfeit.
Look it up in your redbook. You've been posting on here for awhile and have read that it's a great book for new collectors. Surely you bought a...
Bill the Cat [IMG]
Collecting pedigreed coins can be interesting, but agree with some of the other comments, you need to learn and study to determine who are the big...
If you get to coin shows or shops, you can usually find these cheap in the foreign pick boxes. Make a list of the dates you have and put it on...
In not a roll hunter, but IMO, your first sort should be for obvious damage. Then push them to the side and don't waste any more time on them....
There can be a multitude of ways for damage to occur, but only a limited way errors/varieties can occur during the minting process. Instead of...
It looks like a misaligned die (MAD), not a true off center. Check the reverse, if f it's aligned correctly, then you have a MAD. They are...
Only for 1982-D copper small dates and people who have made dozens of posts on machine doubled and pmd coins but still refuse to look at the...
There is a small but annoying trend on CT where new members post obviously damaged coins then want to speculate on the cause. If they don't like...
Zinc blanks falling into the plating bath was a known processing problem when the mint first started purchasing copper plated zinc planchets in...
you talking about @furryfrog02 :yack: :facepalm:
coinroller, How did things go when you posted this on CU?
Sorry, but it's not an error. It looks like the L in LIBERTY was hit. Copper is a soft metal and it's not unusual to see damage like this,...
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