Wheel marks, maybe? I'd have to see it in hand to see that, though. They are pretty much invisible until you get just the right light on them....
Can't tell from the pictures. Strike-doubling on the obverse is very common with 1922 Peace dollars, so chances are that is what you're looking at.
It really depends on which die the water was on, where it was on the die, and the humidity in the air. In Denver or CC, water remaining on a...
Take a look at the 1881 VAM 17 Morgan dollar. The portrait is covered with small, raised rings. These could be due to water droplets being...
If the water has an escape path that allows it to completely run off the die before the coin is struck, then it won't leave a trace. If it...
The black marks in the hair and in the wreath above LAR are planchet impurities. If you dip the coin, all the nice toning will be removed, and...
1970-D, often in mint sets.
It looks like Imagemagick supports generating WebP animations, so I'll have to try modifying my script to generate those as well and see how it...
This is a little different from the way I do it. I leave the camera and coin in place and move the lights. One hand has a light and a remote...
The thunderbolts are holograms in the metal of the coin. Lighting these things is tricky, and it took some experimenting to get the light path I...
Feed finger scrapes show up in the upper reverse fields for Morgans. This does look like a nasty bit of polishing from being stuck in a counting...
We were trying. Anyway, it's still unclear to me whether the 84-CC VAM 7 was used as a pattern for a die ("yikes!") or if the coin was used to...
A large part of the mintage was likely melted, and the rest entered circulation, making attribution a little more difficult.
What is unclear from the article is whether this is a struck counterfeit or a sandwich coin alteration made from a genuine 84-CC VAM 7 obverse and...
I recently expanded my Prime Number Date Set with this 1483 Bausche from the Jülich-Berg Duchy. The date is in Roman numerals in the inner circle...
Another reason that MS60 is not commonly assigned is because it's not a common grade. Most uncirculated coins that haven't been futzed with are...
Here's my PCGS Showcase Set. I don't have this or the 1693 shilling in it yet, though.
It's dated 1483 in Roman numerals on the inner ring on the reverse (MCCCLXXXIII starting at about 8:30). It is a Bausche of Wilhelm IV of the...
I bought this for a few reasons: It's attractive, I happen to browse the SB auction at the right time, and 1483 is a prime number. The next...
Decent submission, I'd say. Nice bumps on the 82 and the 85-CC.
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