Eyes, consistent lighting, sometimes a low power loupe, knowledge and experience.
It's just to me once you take the coins out of the mint set, it isn't a mint set anymore. I mean if I were to take a 1963 mint set and carefully...
The one stamped COPY.
The raised proto-rims from the upsetting of the planchet will be present, but not the rims like you see on a finished coin. That is a good way to...
They probably are inspected before they are put into use, but if something happened to damage the hub after it was in use they might not catch it.
Or recreational.
Yes but that equipment isn't safety equipment.
Junk silver. It relates to some peoples idea that the Constitution only allowed gold and silver to be money. So gold and silver are...
The bust of Washington doesn't look right. What does the reverse look like?
It just seems a little strange to me. They will verify that it is an original set and that all the coins came from that original board by taking...
But then you wouldn't be a millionaire, you would be 1/500th of a millionaire. A million dollars in 100's would weigh 10,000 grams or around 22...
At least it isn't the old Whitman type set, two books small coins and large coins half cent through silver dollar. That was the one I started...
There is such a thing as liar's poker. A note such as this one would be valuable in such a circumstance.
Coin is real, toning is artificial.
It happens sometimes. the 1989 quarters were known for being prone to this as were the NH state quarters.
Someone is using an electric grinder without proper safety equipment.
I suspect the PCGS coin is not a die adjustment strike either. Looks more like a grease fill error.
I like the idea of a scratched hub.
What it means is that if you were to weigh all the cents the Mint makes and plot them on a graph (x axis being increasing weight and y axis the...
In the first image the date IS there, I can see it when I enlarge the image (which is upside down). I believe it is just the plastic of the...
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