If both sides are off, by the same amount, in the same direction, and far enough off that part of the design is missing, THEN it is an off-center.
It is very common on Zincolns, but it does appear sometimes on other coins. I don't know if it is caused by unusual wear to the die face, or a...
These Littleton packages are a huge headache for dealers. There isn't a dealer out there that hasn't had someone come in with a bunch of coins in...
Why was the buyer spending $800 on something if he doesn't know what it is? I could understand a gullible person buying a misattributed TPG...
1838 N-4 later than die stage A (perfect obv), but before Stage B (crack from rim next to star 9 to head, crack from 83 into lowest curls) The...
Make that $4,000. The census of known examples has stood at 30 for at least about 6 years now. And ten of them are in one collectors hands. Not...
The second would have been better if you used a coin that had a politician on it.
The submitter may have told us, but the grader at the TPG has no idea who the coin came from or how it was obtained. The ONLY thing he has to go...
Sorry I didn't get to you in time, the post 1999 proof sets can be opened and closed without damage or showing evidence of having been opened....
Yes, in the second picture it appears the coin has received a bad scrape.
From what I've seen of images of them adding the W coins to the ballistic bags, they were just using a scoop and dumping them in on the top of the...
Franklin mint did a lot of sets commemorating various things, this could be from a set commemorating the labor movement, or events during the...
Well that mark had to be made post strike. You can see on the left edge of the mark how the metal has been pushed up higher than the field. If...
It doesn't really matter what the fourth digit is, it clearly isn't an 1822. There is only one variety in 1822 and it has the left edge of the...
I believe Washington actually signed the legislation authorizing the weight reduction in Jan of 1796, but it was dack dated to December of 1795....
For damage? If there was everyone would start damaging all their common coins.
Probably about the 1975 proof set was no S mintmark on the dime. There are only two sets known.
It was the Onion, but it was one cent pieces not quarters.
Your coin is a Vermont RR-12 the die cracks and small cud at 12:00 on the reverse are found on that variety. And you are correct it is overstruck...
It was called the seven sisters because there are seven very bright stars in the cluster, but there are actually dozens (if not hundreds) of...
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