It is obviously plated after it was struck. There is no process in the US mint that plates coins after striking. There are numerous posts of...
Sorry, but it's not an error. Someone was just having fun with a metal lathe and removed the obverse. You can tell by the spiral marks. That...
If you wipe a coin with PVC residue, you'll see green on the cloth, but there is still still a lot on the coin. Try acetone. If it isn't PVC...
It looks a regular 1982 large date cent in uncirculated condition. I'm guessing copper since the copper plated zinc tend to have plating bubbles...
You're right, there is no such thing. It's either an altered date, chinese counterfeit, or a 1923 that took a hit to 3 and was damaged.
He's not going to lose any money because there were no submissions. With the blurry pics and taunting, Rare Tim is just trolling the group....
Nah, I think it's a grease filled penny. I wonder if it's a Double Die? :happy:
It's just a scratch. Whenever you have a coin that has seen a "tough life" like this one, you can be pretty confident that anything that looks...
Sounds like somebody may have had a chemistry professor that was big on significant figures and weighing techniques
Like a house I once looked at. The description said it was next to a nature preserve. It tuned out to be a swamp.
The 1797 and 1817 dated coins are fake. They are not even close to the date ranges of US Trade trade dollars as Clawcoins pointed out. The two...
Sorry, but it looks like a modern tourist souvenir.
When I was in college, a friend told me about a rural auction barn in the area that had coins. When I went, the prices were ridiculously high. I...
I like cardboard 2x2s for low value coins. I keep some of these in long boxes, and they can get tight. Years ago, I scratched some removing them...
The crack is in the die. As the die is pressed into the planchet, metal from the planchet flows into the crack leaving a raised line on the coin....
It looks like a die crack. As you've probably guessed, it doesn't add any value, but still intersesting
Storage and coin removal are the problem areas. If the staples aren't pressed flush against the cardboard, they can come in contact with another...
I think they sent you Rare-Tim's coin by mistake
General Rule: If it's raised, it's likely a crack, If it's recessed, it's likely a scratch/gouge. This looks raised to me, so it's a die crack...
I really think you should save your money (or use it for a coin or reference book). Google 1944 Steel cents and look at the pics. There are only...
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