You need some knowledge to know what to flip. The more knowledge you have, the more opportunities you'll find. The less you know, the more...
PMD. It looks like the Reverse was ground down early in it's life, then years of circulation toned it.
Better than the usual MAD and may have a minor premium (maybe around a buck +/-), but I'd keep it. Nice find
Environmental damage. It looks like it was exposed to some sort of liquid that didn't play well with copper/nickel alloys.
:facepalm: :banghead:
Sorry, but's it only worth melt value. There is no way I know to restore the date. Nic-a-date doesn't work. I recall some members posting that...
Avoid the coins with smug verdigris. Stick with the contrite verdigris instead :wacky:
Bronze disease is a reaction where copper in the coin react with chlorine/chlorides and forms a copper chloride. Chlorine can come from a lot of...
I find it interesting that you appear to an experienced collector based on your comments regarding submissions to TPGs, but you missed the obvious...
Great find
Nice finds.
The 1983 has plating blisters by the WE next to the rim and also running from the bottom of the T in TRUST to the rim. The planchet supplier had...
What Chris said, but also Amazon and Barnes and Noble Stores if you want to look at it before buying. Your library may even have some older...
The coin actually has a V and 3 I's stamped into it. Sometimes counterstamps can be attributed to a merchant or other source, but this one is...
Why do you want to close the thread?
@skootermcgavven It just looks like you have a coin that suffered environmental damage (dark toning) then it was partially cleaned with something...
The ANCO Edition of Spadone's book was included in the Sears Coin Collector Kit that I got for Christmas in the early 70's. I read through it...
You are mixing 2 different things here. The No S and No P coins are rare mint errors. These coins were struck by dies that were missing the...
There is a group of collectors that specialize in Numismatic Books. Check out the Numismatic Bibliomania Society http://www.coinbooks.org/ I...
Packaging errors on mint sets rarely carry a premium and often times are worth less because they don't have all of the correct coins.
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