Never mind. You were not clear with your question. I thought you were questioning the coin's color. I didn't notice there were two different coins...
Looks like a normal zinc cent that spent some time on the ground.
Have you checked your coat pocket?
My worst coin experience did not occur to me personally. One of my neighbors is an elderly widow (eightyish). She is a very nice woman. She...
You attract more flies with honey than vinegar.
Which other posting?
That's Strike One. No, it will be slabbed as a First Strike. :mouth:
I don't know. Not sure if it was accidental or by design. I guess the mintmark was punched into the hub instead of the die. That's the only way I...
Ya learn something every day.
Interestingly, there is one coin that has an incuse mintmark - the 2001 American Buffalo commemorative silver dollar.
The bottom note is from the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
It looks like a gouge in the coin itself, not the die. Hard to say from the photos if the planchet was gouged or if the gouge occurred post-mint.
Guy, It's a '72, not '77.
1965 dimes were copper-nickel clad exactly the same as dimes made today. The copper-nickel layers are sandwiched over a copper core. The copper...
I contacted the seller telling him his coin is fadke because there was no mint in Denver in 1898 and received this reply from him: "DEAR FRIEND...
Actually, I don't think Cokes went up to a dime until the early 1960s. I remember the uproar when Cokes went from a nickel to 6 cents and the...
Most coin dealers will buy those from you on the spot, for slightly less than bullion. If you have a dealer in your city/town that is where you...
Do yourself a favor and buy a copy of the Red Book ((A Guide Book of United States Coins). It will more than pay for itself over time. Not only...
I don't see any red so I guess my eyeside is bad.
How about a pic? Not sure how PCGS or NGC would grade the coin but it Grey Sheets at $5,500 in AG, $13k in G and $32k in F. The corrosion would...
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