Once you study and understand the minting and die making process, you'll easily see how ridiculous it is to insist that this coin is aluminum....
Ooohh, I need one of those
;) Geez @Clawcoins With the colored fonts it almost looks like a post from @Insider You just needed to add some emojis and I would have been...
No, it is not possible that it was caused by a defective/thin planchet. A thin planchet wouldn't show the full details on the reverse. If your...
They look like minor laminations. Interesting but probably doesn't add anything above the silver value. Still a cool find and worthy of a 2x2 IMO
Cool, I used to live in Big Flats, NY (next to Horseheads NY, and just down the road from Painted Post, NY), years ago. As Steve said, it might...
It was exposed to some type of corrosive environment that is causing the surface to react and spall off. I also suspect heat was involved as...
Looks like it could be a die chip.
Don't forget, the OP wasn't the one claiming to see things and thought it was struck on a foreign planchet/coin. It was @Doug swanson who was...
I've been a member for 37 years (yearly renew, not a life member) and continue my membership for nearly the same reasons you do.
Numismatics is the study coins and paper money. As with any field of study, there is standard nomenclature. The official name for the coin...
@Elodia Oaks Buy this book. The price guide may not be the most accurate since it's published once a year, but it's filled with lots of extremely...
That looks a chemistry experiment. Gassed through the slab.
@paddyman98 is absolutely correct. Your coin is discolored due to environmental damage. As he pointed out, a dime cannot be struck on a cent...
Sorry, but it's not an error. It was made after it left the mint. Just somebody messing around in a machine shop
NO, NO, NO it isn't struck on a foreign planchet. Error Coin News published 60+ page table of all the foreign coins struck by the U.S. Mint. Look...
Even without a picture, there is a very high probability that you have a plated cent. Plating cents has been a common science experiment done in...
If that's the case, then why are you bothering with some forum group. You should be sending it to a TPG. If you have such a rare piece, spending...
NO!!! Unless you found it slabbed as a 64 SMS or have connections with the family of former mint director Eva Adams, you don't have it. Read...
@Maysbabe You can think of the ultra high grade coins like an old Corvette with 25 miles on the odometer that has been perfectly maintained and...
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