The only way a state quarter die could have two mintmarks would be if the die was hubbed by a P mint hub and an S mint hub (after 1990 the...
These things first came out something like 15 years ago. I'm not sure but I believe the first one were made by TY the same people that gave us...
From those images I'd pay melt for either one of them. Frankly I don't think either one is worth the slabbing fees even if they are accurately...
The "experts" at many if not most coin shops wouldn't know a error coin if it bit them. That is other than the blatantly obvious such as...
Yes, that's why I named it that, because the patterns reminded me of a doily. And of those the Black NGC is the King. They have a census for...
Does MI charge sales tax on coins? It can get very confusing. Some states tax coins, some don't and some do up to a certain level and don't if...
To answer the original question, I think it would have to wear down to the Fine to VF range before it lost all traces of the proof surfaces in the...
Weak dates from strike issues are often seen on 1855 and 1856 cents as well.
My father did that for three years before he stopped tracking them. The number increased each year and the third year it was something like 2,100...
Quarter with noticable bubble, almost certainly the result of high heat post mint. Considered damage no premium value. Wheat cent with one side...
Quite probably, since we already got a fair number of them BEFORE this "story" broke. Might want to take Dan Rather out, remember he got canned...
The Lincoln cents was struck normally, the Mexican coin was placed over the cent and squeezed against it causing the letters from the Mexican coin...
University of Louisville used to have concrete canoe races. Don't know if they still do.
Most likely we would still have Franklin halves. Remembers if Kennedy hadn't dies, then under the Act of 1890 the design couldn't have been...
In hand or with better pictures it might be attributable. With just a quick flip through the book I can narrow it down to one of ten varieties...
The question is had the CC reverse dies been on hand at Philadelphia since 1893? I suspect they were not. Carson City, although no longer...
I believe you are referring to the fake story common in the 50's and 60's that Ford would give a new car to the finder of a copper 1943 cent....
I don't bother much with grading anymore. At least not anything real precise.
Only if it is so far off that part of the design is off the edge of the planchet.
These are the only images I know of of the actual coin(s) Everything else is just artist renditions. These images were taken at the first...
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