Really? Steel plated copper? Wow I always thought it was copper plated steel. :)
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It looks like there might be something on IN but it isn't the major 1958 DDO. It might be something something but the photos still aren't good...
I'm surprised it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere because it has been known since 1984. (It was published in Coin World at that time.) It...
PMD. The areas have the reeding but extend out beyond the circular shape of the coin
Small die crack with a tiny cud at the end closest to the S.
Clear glue on a coin can look just like metal. Try a soak in either distilled water, rubbing alcohol, or acetone. None of them will hurt the...
Worn roller that rolled out the strip. It left the ridges on one side and they remained on the planchets. look at the 5 and the field around it....
Shows you how little people actually look at their coins. If you know coins it just JUMPS right out at you as being wrong. Average person sees...
If you do it stay off the hotel property, do not stand real close to their driveways. public sidewalks are OK. Expect to be hassled by hotel...
Not to be nit picky but those are the twelve points of the Scout law, the Scout Motto is "Be Prepared". They are positioned on the token in order...
Is it a scam? No. Is it a good business plan? Probably. Is it unethical? Yes.
Probably exactly like what it was like until just a few years ago playing a machine that paid out in clad coins. You have to remember that back...
Since the government guarantees the coin to have one oz of pure silver in it, they tend to make them just a hair heavy to make sure there are no...
No way. If I could get this cat to stop sitting in my arms I might be able to handle that attribution for you. OK got rid of the cat for a...
They also appear to cut into the top of UNIT. They also just don't behave like die cracks. Die crack tend to jump from stress point to stress...
Very tiny. If you had a 14 mg nugget of 24KT gold it would take 2,220 of them to make that 1 oz gold buffalo
This is NOT extreme. Some people actually used to do this with proof sets, sometimes going as far as to opening the sets and switching the coins...
OK they put "or issuance" in the Bullion coin legislation to exempt them from the law. Thanks for pointing that out. Got a similar loophole for...
We will see what they look like ten to fifteen years from now and then decide if it is a winner. A lot of coins pop up right after the mint stops...
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