Sorry if you see a lot of skepticism, but it isn't possible for the mint to make a wheat cent like the one you have pictured, with a blank, silver...
Always best to start a new thread if you have a diff coin. Occasionally, these threads fall into the vast abyss of poor humor and/or flame wars....
You can occasionally see weak/mushy design elements under thin detached laminations and strike throughs. However, the raised area that you're...
[IMG] Or 31,751 if they are all post 1982. (sorry, just watched Kelly's Heroes again, so don't take the snarky post personally ;))
Looks to me like the OP was new to the hobby and not well versed in English. @paddyman98 took the time to answer his questions en Espanol, and...
The crimping machine has metal "fingers" (can't think of a better term) that curl underneath the paper wrapper to roll it up. If they hit a...
The coin in the 2x2 in your pic from post #31 is a copper plated zinc Lincoln cent that was subjected to temps above the melting point of zinc...
Very nice pics. That makes it easy to determine that you are looking at machine doubling which has no added value. Your coin clearly shows flat,...
You can see the clad copper center along the rim. This eliminates any possibility that it was struck on a nickel planchet (nickels don't use clad...
??? That's what I thought I said. No problem. Although many may feel that we're being picky and pedantic, I think it's important that when...
My bad. The Nickel strike under the chrome could attract a magnet if it was thick enough, but it's probably unlikely that someone would use a 2...
It was plated after it left the mint. Sorry, but it is not a mint error.
Sorry, but if your coin doesn't look like the picture in Post #5 (and it doesn't), then you don't have the "elusive" 1969-S doubled die. It looks...
It has been well documented that roll crimping devices can shift metal devices on the surface of a coin. This can be anything from a full ringed...
Agree. Chrome or Nickel plating are magnetic and can stick if the plating is thick enough or you have a decent magnet.
The BEP does use the letter I as a suffix but does not use the letter O for the reasons stated above. Not trying to be critical or nitpicky,...
I've also used cheap 2x2s but found out I liked Cowens better and felt it was worth paying extra. Go ahead and try both if you can. I probably...
Did you find anything on the doubled die or variety vista links?
Hard to tell from the pics (you have good pics, just too small). I'm thinking machine doubling but can't be certain. Check your coin to see if...
Bummer. When I was a kid (many years ago), my non-collecting parents tolerated my hobby and helped me to get rolls to search and occasionally...
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