Hi, do you collect coins?
Actually Chris, I think you would help someone unless they want to rub your nose in it. I'm not being critical.
My Gallienus coins are too worn for me to tell.
@Long Beard to be a nitpick, is it too late to change the to in the title to too?
A defect in the plating or broken plating bubble can allow the underlying zinc to rot. That's what I think it is. Wait for others.
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Another consideration that occurs to me, mentioned ad nauseum on modern coins is a filled die. If grease or dirt got on one part of the die being...
I was directing that to you and Doug. One listing I saw had him born May 14, 1928, but other sources have June 14...my bad. My birthday, July 12...
I think that is the "zinc rot" variety.
Good question, I would like to know too.
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Considering the manner in which "ancient" coins were struck, a weak strike should also be considered.
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OK, makes sense
Thinking about what @Bruce DiLego said, what would keep me from melting the 95% Lincolns into 1 kilo bars? Why IS it illegal?
I think that it is a magician's coin, dime on one side and penny on other. Worth a couple of dollars to someone who wants it.
Honestly to me, they don't even look close, perhaps @Lehigh96 could comment.
Hey, it's all very simple, just expand the existing 70 point scale to include decimals and we can argue if a coin is MS60.1 or MS60.2 :)...
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