An error in judgement of how long to use dies without changing them. Well past their life cycle
A great resource, some wonderful collections uploaded there
The 2007 quarter in question was struck as a commemorative issue for the forthcoming XXI winter olympics that would take place in Vancouver 2010
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This is what I found One of the simpler errors, and one of the easier to understand, is known technically as the “incomplete planchet error,”...
Struck through a lizard
You could list them and post on the requisite forum. Some members may require some to fill holes in collections and may also be up to swapping....
Well, that explains it
Not overly toned, but beautifully coloured [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Bit difficult to see as the first image has the staples tilted CCW and the second image with the staples perfectly square
Something not quite right, I have the original OP, then paddy then the OP talking about an overlay and clash
When was a die clash mentioned? Am I missing some posts?
My father-in-law, even though he was Norwegian always ordered his from this company www.uscoinsupply.com (the homepage is currently under...
OK, so I left the three coins in 3 separate shot glasses overnight (approx 7 hours). Fotos are loaded below, before and after. The before fotos of...
The "gunk" around the rims and lettering all but disappeared and as you say a lot of the white spots are gone. Definite improvement. Part two of...
Sorry don't know why I typed that
Okay, as promised, I have posted before and after fotos of the worst affected of the coins. The nickel is obverse only as the reverse had nothing...
That is wonderful, never seen one before. I gave it 9. Is it an overdate variety or just damage
I think flow lines become more prominent as the die wears. BTW maybe someone can correct me, aren't flow lines the cause of "cartwheel lustre"...
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