It is not fully struck. Very close, though. Both sides at 3:00 are weak, with no rim present, making me wonder if this was a planchet issue....
The 1807 half cent is VG details, but damaged on the reverse. The 1847 cent also VG details with damage. The 1853 cent is VF with some porosity...
The 20c piece and shield nickel both weigh exactly 5 grams, and their diameters are closer than the 20c piece is to the quarter. So basically it...
AU58, perhaps 62RB. Congrats on buying something that was not as described.
PCGS will also remove them no charge. If you want them back, write a note to that effect on the submission form. You may or may not get them...
CC looks like a possible match for VAM 9. The weight is correct, and nothing else is jumping out at me as fake, but I wouldn't want to buy this...
Nickel - Heat damage Cent - Poke it with a stick. Probably bad plating Dime - Damaged Total value: 16¢
At one time it was an encased dollar (or an attempt was made to make it an encased dollar), and the die used for doing the encasing damaged the...
The "woodgrain" cents (and 2-cent pieces) pop up between 1864 and what seems like the 1920s and, as mentioned, are a result of a non-homogeneous...
1723-1951, 29 coins (also a prime number). It's sort of a type set of U.S. coins, colonials, or world coins that circulated in the Americas, and...
Filled in another slot in my Prime Number set with a 1783 Nova Constelatio [sic] cent. [IMG]
I've always thought this was such a cool design, that I had to pick up two: [IMG] [IMG]
A fake 1877 cent, but that must not be all. The rims look like something's been cut and hollowed out so that you can put pictures (or a small...
Saving the best for last, I see.
It was repunched with an O in Philadelphia. If you are looking for a nice, strong O/S, you want the VAM 3, which is what the TPGs call "strong"...
I have a Bausch & Lomb StereoZoom 4. There are plenty of these (and the StereoZoom 7) on eBay. Make sure you get one with eyepieces and a stand.
These scopes (also known as DinoLite) are often being demonstrated at large coin shows. I recommend trying one out in person if you can, because...
I have a few somewhere. ;) Here's an 1878 VAM 9. First Morgan die pair. Struck around 3:15 pm on March 11, 1878. [IMG]
Go Wednesday. If you're taking a train into downtown, you'll need to get to the CTA Blue Line and take that in the direction of O'Hare to the...
I haven't seen their setup, although I'd like to. If I had nothing but raw coins to shoot, I'd probably use bigger lights, higher up. That would...
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