That's what I was thinking.
I ran across this unusual coin on eBay. The seller describes it as an "art coin" "made out of an old Wheat back penny". This appears to be a...
Excellent work there, Jack. You are a credit to the coin collecting community.
Jack, Can you give us an update? How did this work out?
Keep us posted. It will be interesting - and educational - to find out if it is NT or AT.
Unlike most, this story has a happy ending. The stolen coins have been recovered. Stolen Wayne County coin collection recovered
numislit on eBay has all sorts of numismatic literature, much of it out-of-print and very difficult to find anywhere else.
Great minds think alike! :)
Hang around here, ask a lot of questions and do a lot of reading. For reading material the book Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit...
Cyclone, The counterstamp destroys the numismatic value of the coin for most collectors. However, there are some people who specifically collect...
Welcome to CoinTalk. It would be nice if you could post a pic. But it sounds like your coin was counterstamped. There were various reasons to...
Others may disagree but I don't think a 90 degree rotation will add anything to the value of this coin. A 90 degree rotation on a modern coin...
I agree.
I wondered the same thing. My guess is the collector called the sets complete without some of the keys.
It certainly is not uncommon. Rotated dies were much more common in that era than in the last 100+ years.
Just to clarify, Ben was talking about waiting to be accepted in the Bust Half Nut Club.
Toad, Embossed mintmarks are relatively new. I think it was ANACS that discovered the first embossed MM on a Buffalo Nickel around 20 years ago...
That shouldn't fool anybody. Then again . . .
I agree. Stay away from these crude fakes.
The price of bullion coins follows the spot price of the metals. If gold drops to $600 next year the price of gold bullion coins will drop...
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