Some of the steelies were dipped in a copper wash to create a fake copper 1943. Or what Paddy said in post 21. Just woke up, so I missed it.
A woodie is an improper alloy mix, which gives the cent a wood grain appearance. I don't think it creates a high value, but people like the way...
Wow nice clipper.
That jagged lam goes across the entire coin. Interesting.
When something is free, you have to pay with that.
Cleaned 1919-D
Folding money.
Yes the verdigris is a problem and eats into the value and the metal.
I am going to go out on a limb and say reprocessed. Photos please.
I think people routinely used coins in day to day market transactions. Perhaps the bed sheet sized money was a way to store wealth, status symbol...
Doesn't look like a small date. The tails on the 6 and 9 seem to be too extended. On the small date they are quite stubby. Furry Frogs small date...
Good for him. Free enterprise. Capitalism works. As for the people who are hoarding copper to sell in the future, currently you're not allowed to...
He's losing money. As has been explained many times, in many other threads. Copper price is for Grade A copper, which copper cents are not.
Almost all of them are going to be large dates. [ATTACH]
The color is wrong for a blank nickel planchet. And the weight is too heavy. Nickels weigh 5.0g And even though they are 75% copper, the metals...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say you most likely have 20-30 cents total. You have to realize billions of these coins were minted. For you to...
Nice to get a good one. Always a good spot, and short hunt time. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
100,000 silver dollars , 1 at 90% contains a little more than 3/4 of an ounce of silver, .7735 at current spot is 11.42. That's 1,142,000 in...
Very interesting page: http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/pictorial/1839o.htm
Slightly mis aligned die strike on the obverse as well.
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