Just very heavily worn, not weak strikes, not grease filled and not attacked with a grinder, Damage to "dryer coins" has NOTHING to do with the...
When the strip is rolled out the upper and lower coppernickel layers are pretty much the same thickness. When the blank is punched out of the...
Yes, ever since the state quarters were authorized back in 1995 the legislation has said that at the end of the series the reverse design would...
Not likely, it hasn't been in the past.
On the 1963 proof by the time it had come up the second time for auction the coin had definitely gone bad in the holder and spotted. At the sale...
That isn't damage, that is the edge of the "gasket" wrapping over the edge of the coin.
Those are die cracks. There is what could be called an interior die break there between the A or AMERICA and the M or UNUM where the die crack...
It's because "technically" these are not commemorative coins. The law only allows two commemorative coin programs each year, and both of this...
Solder used for electronics or plumbing yes, solder used for jewelry has a much higher melting point, in the 1,100 to 1,400 degree F range
Sorry, I don't have an inside track on Mint decision making. All I can do is make speculations from past announcements and actions. In 2018 they...
N-11 has that same reverse, but it is N-4. The mid to late stage die crack through the bottom of the date confirms N-4
That says something. The registry people want the "best" and the 70's are a small fraction of that of the 69's. So you get a lot of fanatics...
What are you going to take back with you to buy it? I guess you could take the time to track down $850 in 1965 - 73 quarters.
It looks like it had COPY across the eagles neck and it has been partially removed.
That wouldn't surprise me at all.
They are , that's why it's a "mechanical error", it was supposed to say 1917. If they looked at it thought it was a 1917 but accidently put 1916...
Sorry but it doesn't, and I still think it is a 17.
The one for anything (not just ancients) is here https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2020-secret-santa-sign-up.370624/
I like the animation.
You would probably do better to ask someone else. I am familiar with Heritage but have almost never bid with. Maybe 5 times over the past 40...
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