Yeah, still haven't managed to get rid of me.
1. not a proof 2. impossible to say from images 3 and 4 I would say the doubling under the chin and that seen on the L are probably from some die...
Another possibility is that they etched the surface of the coin so the sticker would adhere better.
Penny Whimsy is a great book. A bit of advice though, DON'T buy a 1990 edition unless you can get it very cheap. The only think you can use it...
No that looks like a finned rim from a misaligned die. A railroad rim is actually on the edge of the coin and is the result of a partial collar...
25 cents. from your description you have a quarter that has been soaking in acid. It attacks the copper more readily than the clad layers which...
What do I think? I think I've been banned twice. I also think a lot of newbies who ask questions either get ignored or are given bad...
In low grade like the OP mentioned I would think you should be able to get some in the $5 - $7 range. Maybe even less.
Whatever the gold value of the plating is worth, maybe fifty cents to a dollar, minus the cost of recovering the gold.
actually they did make it to the cashiers window. Roger Burdette found documents in the National Archives that show where after the first batch...
Not in my opinion. Clashmarks are an interesting curiosity but seldom command a premium. Two exceptions to this are severe misaligned die...
The only silver I collect is seated half dimes, a Walking half IS big silver. :)
In technical grading no it won't. It will lower value but not grade. if you are doing market or net grading then yes it can result in a lower...
I don't think it is a missing clad layer but a weighing should be conclusive. If it is missing a layer you should get a weight somewhere close to...
Lousy picture but i would say fake as well.
Which is why coins are so much cheaper now than thirty years ago when the BP was 0% :)
If you haven't cracked out the second one DON"T!! I want it. I've never heard of this "grading service" and I don't have one of their slabs. PM...
Barron's needs to look at Russia which was using a decimal system in the early 1700's before Jefferson was even born. The ruble was 100 kopecks...
It's amazing what the mind can "see" in random noise.
The 73 cent and the 82 cent are slight misaligned dies. The 1973 shows some rim finning. The quarter is the result of a collar clash. At one...
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