Heat damage. Started to melt the zinc. Maybe some sort of electric arc through the coin to generate the localized melting, but there is no way...
Did you try MA Shops based in Europe? You may get lucky and find a match plus I think some of the dealers may list sold items
Hungary 1300's. Don't have my references handy. Something like a sarazen denier
What do you mean when you ask "Will someone tell me how to proceed, please?" Do you think Heritage sold your coin?
Hard for me to tell from the pics but I think it's a lamination. However, I would grade it Good
You seem to have most of it covered. FWIW, Here are a few comments. Blank Planchets (With the upset rims) are readily available and shouldn’t be...
Did you tear off a corner before you spent it? If not, you're stuck with the bad luck :yack:. I think the superstition says that if all 4...
I'm confused. If you knew it was a large date then why did you ask in your post title if it was a SD? And if you wanted to know if it was a DDO,...
Because it hasn't spent much time in circulation I strongly recommend you buy "A Guidebook of United States Coins" commonly known has the Redbook...
IMO, if it's obvious that the coin has been cleaned, then it's improper cleaning
If the dies are set up out of parallel one side will be thicker. I don't believe they carry any premium over face value.
Somebody probably just made an Excel sheet and did the calculations for all the possibilities without regard to what is possible.
Interesting. I really but know what to say about it, but here are some random observations and thoughts. They may or may not be relevant. It...
@CDW i highly recommend purchasing The Guidebook of United States Coins. It's filled with a tremendous amount of information. It will be the best...
The dime has suffered some sort of environmental damage after it left the mint. Maybe heat, maybe acid, or maybe some other type of corrosion or...
It absolutely could, as the wires jump over the raised areas or if the shot was close to a parallel with the surface. I don't understand how a...
Looks like sand/grit/bead blasting or a wire brush moved metal around. It is not a struck through. The rims are too distinct for it to covered...
The first 3 appear to be die cracks. You might want to do a little more research on the 82-D. There are lots and lots of CT posts showing the...
@RachelRuth . You've been posting here for a little while and appear to be interested in coins. I highly, strongly, unequivocally absolutely...
Nice find
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