Yeah, with 72,769,800 half dollars made that year there would be 73 of them floating around and they would probably have been reported long before...
Even sheen over the entire coin. It's either been evenly lit from all sides (which isn't the case because it does show shadows) or it has been...
Well unless they changed the composition this year, they make their pennies out of copper plated steel, and it looks like they sometimes have the...
You're right, seven. I have problems counting things like that especially in enlarged pictures the depth of field keeps reversing on me and I...
So far there are no plans to do so. In fact, on the Sac dollars starting in 2009 the mintmark will be moving from the face to the edge.
chatter strike = strike doubling = ejection doubling = machine doubling = machine doubling damage All different terms used over the years (in...
I don't have the Newman reference but I see it as no stop after Georgivs and six harp strings. (I believe there are some 30 obv and 40 rev dies...
Andy21us's answer is completely wrong in this case. But his confusion is probably related to imprecise terminology. A "filled" mintmark such as...
No problem at all buying them, as long as you know how to grade, see the coins in hand (or have return priviledge, but then you may be on the hook...
Distorted hub doubling from a SEVERELY distorted hub? That is a LOT of spread in the two images and it is all outward from the center all the way...
Yes I'll buy one, and I don't even collect the series.
Looks like a lamination to me.
No the Craine Paper Co, which makes the currency paper, is located in Teddy Kennedy's district and they are a large employer and probably campaign...
Well I'll tell you this for starters, it isn't an 1800/1798. That coin has type II hair which eliminates 190, 191, NC-5 and NC-6. The "berry" is...
There's not that much difference in the thickness of a nickel and a half dollar so I don't have much of a problem over the strength of the strike....
Another thing about the 57 to 59 nickels is that for some reason they often come with a dark coloration. In MS they are sometimes referred to as...
The US mint has made coins for some 60 countries since 1875. Even though they are made here they are still considered foreign coins and are not...
Not if the edge is smooth, the rim missing, and smaller in diameter/circumference. Its had its edge ground off. If it was just acid the reeded...
Something to remember, unless they are specialists in errors or die varieties most coin dealers know little or nothing about errors and a LOT of...
Act of Feb 1857 removed the legal tender status in the United States from all foreign coins. Unless you can point out a later legislation that...
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