That's a cross at 12:00. You can see the 1 just above and to the left of the top left Fleur de Lis. The last digit in the date is between that...
I can see a 1 (161x) and it looks like it might be the infant bust from Bordeaux (K mm). So you have a choice between 1610-4. I'm guessing 1613...
All Morgan and Peace dollars are VAMs.
It was gouged with something that scraped and pushed up the metal. Happened after it left the mint, so it's not an error
Looks normal for a coin with some wear. Compare it to this: [IMG] Pic from NGC
Nice job matching it. Hub Doubling and doubled dies of this scale are areas that I never could develop an interest, but I'm always impressed when...
I don't think it is a 3/2. Compare it to the following pic. (pic from PCGS Coinfacts) [IMG]
Notice how your coin has a lot of nicks, bumps and circulation marks. The area you circled looks like it's one of those contact marks.
If you know what it is, then why did you ask?
It looks like it was plated after it left the mint. Plating cents is an easy science experiment for High School Chemistry. Here is just one of...
It looks like a die chip between the M and E. Nice find, but unfortunately, it's only a minor error and really doesn't add any premium. The date...
Heavy circulation marks. It looks like it's been tumbled with something to have all the marks and the worn down reeding. Not a mint error.
Sorry Walt. It's just glue, not lamination. But it looks like you're doing well with pics from the new scope
I think it's worth a few bucks so you didn't overpay. But the way I look at it, you learned something, and maybe learned a lot if you poked...
Nice trick using the PO street address. I run into this problem occasionally, and will have to do this next time
I think you made a good a good choice. I like the stronger strike as well.
Honestly, it just looks like a normal 1942 dime. this is what it needs to look like for an overdate. Yours doesn't look anything like them....
I'm sorry, but these are plated after they left the mint. The Coin Talk forum gets questions about these on a regular basis. At one time,...
@TheFinn Look at some of these phase diagrams. http://copperalliance.org.uk/docs/librariesprovider5/resources/pub-94-equilibrium-diagrams-pdf.pdf...
Very nice BIEs. These were popular about 50 years ago. Seems that Wheat Cents from the 50's had a lot of die breaks in this area. I don't think...
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