It is a 1787 RR13 also known as a "Britannia" variety. They were minted using a worn out counterfeit British halfpenny reverse die, the reverse...
Stick with the name brands, Fisher, Garrett, Minelab, Teknetics,Tesoro, Whites, and look for the features you want. You'll get brand...
Depends on what you mean by a waste of your time. It is an interresting hobby, that requires a lot of research and patience to do well. Will you...
I'd definitely have to go with S2. I believe I have seen this coin before, I have been shopping low grade 1793 cents for a while and remember...
It would be interesting to see the same people test a sampling of 1942 and 1944 cent composition.
It has some sort of bezel on it, probably from jewelry or a key ring. The bezel is the magnetic part, just a normal Lincoln cent.
I have been having the same debate with myself on how best to store some of my coins. One of the coins is a Chain cent, even though very low...
Does anyone have any experience with the various large cent albums available? The Dansco seems to delve deeper into varieties than I was looking...
All of the silver I have found detecting in my area has also been very bright, I have often wondered if acidic soil almost acted as a "dip".
No, not a real coin, some sort of poor copy. The detail is very crude and amateurish compared to the real thing.
What makes you think it is a proof? More likely just a high grade uncirculated.
OK, got it. There are 104 variations of Martin's obverse 4. The coin in question is obverse 4.1, it is also a later die state, identifiable by...
No, no halfpennies in Syd's book like this either. There may be a match for the obverse however. There are a LOT of different obverses, if I get...
I've got the book and there is nothing like it in there, very curious. I think I would try to get a photo of it to Syd Martin, the author of the...
It looks to me like there is just some damage at the 9.
Yeah, I agree with the environmental damage. Metal detected clad coins often look like that.
Trading a Nintendo DS lite for them, you definitely got a bad deal. Expensive lesson, but it is always best to research first. They are an...
This one appears to be one of the 20th century "souvenir" replicas.
That is part of it, along with the "mushy" lettering and devices, and the seam around the edge, these are indicative of a cast copy not a struck...
It is a replica no question, probably made before they were required to be marked. I remember buying them when I was a kid as souvenirs at...
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