The coin has both a strong clash and a strong die crack but I can't tell what area you are referring to.
Looks like some die fill and maybe some die deterioration as well.
And also from the Burdette book it was not a change in the collar that eliminated the fin, it was a change in the way the planchets were milled....
The clad quarter only sets were offered since the beginning. The silver quarter only sets didn't begin until 2004. This information is from the...
Simple answer for the early coins is that the half dollar was the largest regular circulating coin. Silver dollars were made at the time of the...
Not that I am aware of.
The 1982 cents were pure copper plated on pure zinc and as Rim Cents said they had problems with the copper bonding. One of the problems is that...
Is it magnetic? It does look like a 10 sen struck on a 1 sen planchet. The 1 sen was struck on bronze clad steel so it should be magnetic.
I do have a few questions, what does the edge of the coin look like? Reeded? Smooth? Both? If it has reeds do any of them appear to be crushed?
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Or MUCH more likely they turned out to be just all scratched up corroded junk. :)
Yes, France. They did a 100 to 1 revaluation in 1960. And a roughly 6 to 1 in 2002 when they went from francs to euros. Germany did a 2 to 1...
Odd, in my own lifetime I can remember when a cent bought several pieces of candy. Back in the second world war three cents could buy a pound of...
If I had pictures of them I could.
I am planning on attending.
Unless some can find a coin from Xanadu.
Check your manual. If the camera has a macro setting use that, use supplemental lights and either turn off the flash if you can or cover it. If...
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