Sounds like a normal clad half dollar.
It is sort of a copy of a New Hampshire copper. The WM is for William Moulton who was authorized to make the coins. This is the basic pattern that...
Does it stick to a magnet?
Bobby Fuller Four is way better!
Actually The Confederacy struck four half dollars of this design. The original die was used after the war to make copies struck on genuine half...
Nothing unusual, until the 1980's all mintmarks were hand stamped into each individual die. Because of this there is wide variation in mintmark...
The "rough" spots on the S mint coin is rust.
You may see coins listed for that, but are they really selling for those prices? There are a lot of crazy prices listed on Etsy and Ebay but they...
Some of it may be rust spots forming on the steel. Steel coins were new to the mint and they had a lot of problems minting them. The...
They appear to be perfectly normal steel cents. They are collectable but definitely not worth having graded. Keep them as a memento of your...
Good point, it is definitely worth more as it is than the coin would be worth.
Nothing special about the coin, it is just an encased "lucky penny". These were very popular some years ago and many were made.
Yes, the heat causes the clad layer to separate and bubble up.
Exactly! The harder steel coin makes a great die!
Presently listed as an R1, which is an estimated more than 1,250 known.
Maris 43-d. I think it is an R1 or R2, I don't have my references handy but I can check later.
You can see where the edge of the "E" was damaged by the cut, most of the cut went between the letters. I know you wanted the coins to be...
Really don't know, maybe better pictures will help.
Looks like heat damage to me.
It's only a good one if it is from a proof set, that would be a no S proof. Over 6 billion Philadelphia cents were made for circulation, these...
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