I'm kinda expecting (and certainly hoping) not to see this proven right OR wrong. If we made it through the 1960s and 1970s, we can make it...
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Anto-nini-what?
In a sustained vacuum, the equilibrium would shift toward CuO, I'd guess, with water offgassing. But, as @BadThad said, you can't keep one.
Now you've got me wondering whether I could trick one of those "souvenir cent squashers" into pressing wire into a coin...
Woohoo! Nothing like being in the right place at the right time! I'd have to go back and ask whether the same person dumped any rolls of other...
I can imagine an increasingly loose die producing a "progression" of strike doubling until they fixed it. Maybe. I'd still like to see a full...
Hey, I picked one who completely shares my own opinions on finance. I used to be a pretty smart guy, sometimes. ;)
"No, Mr. Corgi, I expect you to..." oops, sorry, wrong movie. I kinda hope nobody will pay too much attention to my post, given that I don't...
That's what I thought, but only because I've seen a very similar effect on a (well-circulated) Franklin half. On that coin, the flaw was deep...
A lot of the dealers at my local/regional show take credit, but either explicitly add a surcharge (usually 3%), or are less inclined to negotiate....
Yeah, we have to remember the difference between "struck on a dime planchet" and "stuck on a planchet punched from dime stock". In the first case,...
It certainly seems that way -- and yet: I spent my teenage years in the 1970s and my college years (most of them) in the 1980s. We saw...
Not for long, I'll bet. Unless they're reducing the quality or amount of material.
Can you post a photo of the whole coin for each one, especially the third one?
The local pawn shop has bags of 20 Roosies or Mercs for something like $58 each. I have a coupon for $20 off one purchase, but I'm still going to...
Interesting! I see pitting on the arm in the last photo -- I'm wondering if we're seeing some kind of post-mint damage, but I don't know what it...
You're sounding kinda young there... ;)
I know Buffalo nickels were still "in circulation" decades after 1938, but I would guess that once the Jeffersons started showing up, people...
I would assume that the residue left on the planchet chemically attacked the surface over time, leaving damage that can't be washed away. It's...
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