Reread my last post and think about it. Higher pressure = more fully struck rims = the appearance of a thicker coin but the blanks start out the...
If they stopped minting the cent for one year they would probably never start again. Before the year was up you would have shortages and...
If they stopped making cents there soon would be a shortage of them. Actually there would be MORE federal funds. The Mint does not receive funds...
Jack is right, not a head of 95, head of 94 and the attribution is S-55 a common variety. A net grade of G-4 is probably about right, I think...
I would assume he DID mean what he said. He asked about the COPPER 2009 cents (Mint set and proof set coins) not the common plated zinc cents.
When they have foreign material on them which if not removed will eventually lead to further damage.
Mint set coins supposedly are struck with a higher pressure which should result in more fully struck rims and thus the appearance of a "thicker"...
No, each series/denomination has its own tolerance range. In the current coins the cent tolerance is +/- .1 gram, 5 cent is +/- .19 grams. dime...
It means someone had a B stamp they wanted to test.
The Presidential dollar series ended with Reagan and the program is over. For George H. W. Bush to get a coin it would require new congressional...
Toddly, this is a 7 and a half year old thread. and that is also how long it has been since rcastero has been here.
Spec is 2.28 +/- .09 grams so anything between 2.19 and 2.37 is considered normal.
As they say, pictures or it didn't happen. So far EVERY person that has come here claiming to have an 82 D small date copper has turned out to...
Acid soaked.
There are a couple of electrotypes that are claimed to have been made at the mint. I'm not sure how you would prove that unless they are...
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
It is also possible the FS coin could be a counterfeit as well from the same counterfeiter. All we have is the one small section of the coin to...
It uses the term, but doesn't explain or define it. Its use comes from those groups that mistaken believe that according to the Constitution the...
Zero. To the best of my knowledge no Cheerios cent has ever turned out to be a Wide AM and the Wide AM's were discovered later in the year so...
A slight MAD. Obv die shifted toward 6:00 makes the rm narrower. Notice how at 12:00 it is wider than normal.
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