Both appear to be the same variety, coin 1 is a little sharper, coin 2 has a little better surfaces, but may have had a light cleaning long ago.
If you crack it out try to do so as gently as possible and send me the shell, I don't have one of those. Do you have an image of the back?
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Take brass plate, put cent on it head side down hit with sledge hammer. Take another brass plate put cent on it reverse down hit with sledge...
And it is a type 1 reverse so it was made in 1975.
Since it is thin at the bottm on both sides that would mean the dies were both misaligned, but is DIFFERENT directions. And none of the design is...
They aren't person trying to sell them has no idea what they are worth and they see what looks like a price that think that must be what it is...
Notice on Michael K's coin the obv die is is misaligned. The rim at the lower left is noticeable thinner than on the upper right.
They aren't "bent" they are damaged. The lines or "hairs on the wheat" that are taking off at an angle are lines from a scrape. If it was done...
You need to compare it to some other 1999 coins to see if it is normal for the date. The 1999's came almost 20 years after the previous coins so...
One way people used to make fake 1950 D nickels was to alter 1959 D nickels through alteration by removing the tail of the 9. In a few cases they...
Well if some came out and weren't pulled by collectors they would have gone back to the banks and been rerolled with mixed date coins.
I think he was kind of trying to when he said That's why I think he was referring to those autopen signed labels. I don't think he was...
I think The Finn was referring to the Baseball coins where they had labels "signed" by players long dead. Of course in the case that was posted...
That is why when I use acetone my final rinse is a FLOWING rinse pouring fresh acetone over the coin, so it flushes and carries away any remaining...
Probaly not because few people really "collect" proof sets. The cent on the other hand is something of a "must have" if you collect Lincoln...
No the others are not held to the same stands either. quarter clad is +/-.227 grams 40% is +/- .200 grams Half clad is +/- .454 40% silver +/-...
The laying flat and the vertically oriented dime are supposed to be the same coin. If it is plated and not showing on one it shouldn't be showing...
Well I think that it MIGHT be showing some sinking of the die face, but so what, that won't change the value (Unless you can find a collector who...
The line does not appear to be raised to me. I think we are just seeing tarnishing and for some reason it is just darker there.
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