It's unlikely to be a silver planchet, but there's no way to be 100%, unless you analyze the metal content. If it were on a silver planchet that...
Let's say you have a tub of 100,000 copper cents, $1000 face value. If you were allowed to melt it, you would realize $500. Not including time,...
This coin is worn. That's one reason. Mechanical doubling, ejection double, machine doubling (I think are all the same thing) is another...
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These minor hits on worthless modern coins are nothing. Maybe the edge of a dime got pressed in there somehow. It didn't come from the mint like...
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Large date. The small date is rare and: The curl of the 9 needs to go around further. The point of the bottom of the 9 should be sharp not blunt...
Denticles are the little teeth like ridges all the way around the rim.
If the MM's are put into the dies, how did this error happen? They started punching out proofs before they put the S on?
If this was an error there would be a million people taking a hammer and a nail to the sun in their Walking Liberty Halves. You could look at...
True errors are quite rare compared to the millions and billions and trillions of coins that are not errors.
Why is the nickel a 64-D and the cent from Philly? Is this is just some set that someone put together from circulation?
Yes 42 they made both. No 1942 D silver and no 1942 S nickel. 1942 plain nickel, 1942-D nickel, 1942-P silver, 1942-S silver. And while this has...
This site (linky) says it is worth $2-$3. But they are usually high, and I seriously doubt if anyone would even pay a dollar for it. Depending on...
No. Circulated modern coins have to be either rare, or have an error, or something. So many were produced, this is just a nickel. If it was mint...
Overlooking the minor obverse scratches, not sure about the large scratch on the reverse running diagonally from 9 o'clock. I would be around...
Both sides need to be off to be off center. One side is a mis aligned die strike, and if it's minor as you say there's not really going to be a...
If you like it, you can always save it since you only have .05 cents invested in it. It most likely is only worth 5 cents and will never be worth...
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