Agree and it needs to be repeated there is no 1882/3 overdate since they didn't have time travel then.
The best kind of doubling is still visible without magnification.
...yeah, but I bet thirty pieces of silver you researched it. :)
BTW, DDD refers to Die Deterioration Doubling. The features standing above the plane of a struck coin come from concave features on the die. As...
AFAIK, melting cents is illegal, but I don't think that applies to other coins, especially the 90% silver.
No, It was said because the American coin that is $0.01 is properly referred to as a cent (centum...1/100) instead of the British coin a penny....
Sorry, faulty memory...
Who sez melting coins is illegal...
Wonder if @Deacon Ray has anything to add
Sold as a jewelry item at a flea market, could bring $5-$10... so if you have the skill and time, why not
@Wandering Man coin books of whatever kind are going to list coins at more than face value. Consider that if you look at the 2019 cents, they...
My favorite is usually the last one I bought and that was... [IMG] [IMG] Tiberius Dupondius Augustus posthumous issue AD 22-30 29 mm 10.43g RIC 81
Hopefully someone else will chime in.
Interesting, this looks like exposed zinc [ATTACH]
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...and my $8 Tiberius Dupondius [IMG] [IMG]
I'm guessing holes from the plating. Is it a zincoln?
The coin is not worth grading from a monetary standpoint, but given the sentimental value, you can get a TPG-like holder and encapsulate it...
I am now educated.
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