If somehow you did manage to get some hard "lump" trapped between the layers when the initial ingot was created it would either be crushed and/or...
Yes good information BUT the answer to can you difinitively tell if a coin is a business strike intended for circulation or a business strike...
I think it is post printing.
<It is the result of gasses being trapped between the clad layers which expand and create the bubble when the coin is struck.> These bubbles are...
<Fred,I am surprised that she ended up with 98 negatives in her feedback box.I had thought that once 3 people left negatives,Ebay would come down...
He goes by the name dcarr on the PCGS forum.
Picture still leaves something to be desired but from what I see it is a genuine error. It is a coin that has been struck with a second planchet...
Well if you look at the second picture it is obvious that the chin has taken at least three direct hits (The dents are still in it.) which has...
I think it's just a beaten up altered date coin.
The 1998 and 2004 are much lower relief than the 1973 issues. Also in 1973 the master dies were completely redone resulting in a much sharper image.
One common form of damage on Lincolns is for a misadjusted crimping finger on a rolling machine to either scrape off the final digit of the date,...
I'm not sure what you mean by "uneven". If you mean the thickness of the coin varies when you are looking at the rim, then that is normal If you...
The difference in the position of the 1 in relation to the point of the bust is not caused by a die rotation error. If you get a series of dates...
<Well...now I dunno about EVERY coin hehe...I doubt someone would counterfeit a 1960 Lincoln Memorial cent or a 1000 pesos coin from Mexico dated...
The picture isn't good but it doesn't look like a rim spur, it looks like damage.
Looks like typical aluminum coinage to me.
Yep 1 Pf from Hof, 8 sided, made of zinc, Lamb 206.1 Upton 2-6 Funk 217.1 It's a fairly common piece but the rarest piece from Hof. Sorry, don't...
Did you know that Dixon, Noonan & Webb (www.dnw.uk) is going to be selling some in their March 16th auction? I'n not sure how extensive the sale...
It's not that I can't identify the host coin, it's just that I don't remember what it is. (I'm not where the coin or the catalog is.)
< Sad to say though someone still paid dearly for the coin. For their sake I hope it's real.> Unfortunately, it's NOT real.
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