Yep, he gets the easy part now, basking in the sun. You get the hard part, waiting.
Ugh, it's the worst having to watch it happen to a kid. :( Best wishes for getting it sorted out quickly; these are things that they're used to...
I see clickbait stories all the time about "if you have these pennies you're rich", but this one's beyond the pale: Spare Change: Half-Cent Coins...
Yep, bowled me over, too!
Still works for me...?
So, is that considered a pattern?
Okay, then, if it was "struck on a red-black planchet", how'd they get the red highlights on the date, letters, and rim?
You did mean rinse, not WIPE, right? I mean, yeah, it's a details coin from the moment you apply the stuff, but there's no point in making things...
I can't see it as a contemporary counterfeit, because I can't imagine anyone accepting it at face value. Or even being willing to touch it. It...
But was it huge before it was mashed?
Oh, I like that design a lot.
It's clearly a 196༘ྫྷᬼᷕ--S⃦⃪.
I decided that my Carr pieces didn't count for this thread. I'm not sure what I think about Franklin Mint pieces. It gets even murkier when...
The same could be said for this forum.
Hmm. Where did you get it? How much do you trust the source?
Patterns fascinate me, but I don't own any, and I'm not sure I ever will. Well, actually, I do have some Carr products based on patterns. I'm...
Isn't that a "security feature" on the new ones? Edit: yep....
I think it was AU, not uncirculated, but it's been viciously cleaned. The 1883 no-cents is actually the easiest Liberty nickel to get in MS. It's...
Stale-25 Details.
Yeah, it's sort of the opposite of "flat", some sort of three-dimensional shape. Cube? Tetrahedron? I can't quite bring it to mind...
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