"A watched pot never boils!" Chris
Welcome to the neighborhood @dave_in_delaware ! Since you said that you're cheap, why don't you take a look at this program? It's free!...
I collect a lot of medals from France and Belgium, but some of them were produced by private mints with very little information about them. I...
FWIW, a few years ago, NGC announced that it would no longer allow PCGS coins in their foreign coin registries because too many of their...
The production of the Zincoln is one of the dumbest moves ever. The copper surface tends to bubble and deteriorate very easily. You know, if you...
Have you tried BK's "Bacon King"? It put's Wendy's Baconator to shame! Chris
@Matthew Peak Here are some images of strikethroughs....
Yeah? So what! Arby's has got the meats! Chris
When it remains embedded in the coin, it is called a retained strikethrough. When it falls away from the coin, the impression is still visible on...
You didn't say "infected" and I didn't say that the build-up of debris within the strikethrough had to be uniformly thick or thin. What if the...
That doesn't matter. The letters are supposed to be raised. It's not flush with the fields that surround the letters. Chris
Quite often, grease and debris from the machinery will form in the depths of a device. As planchets are continually struck and made into coins,...
What if that portion of the debris was very thin? I've seen this on a retained strikethrough, too. Chris
The whole to-do regarding "Who is better" between NGC and PCGS is ridiculous. It reminds me of the latest commercial that Ice-T has on TV. A...
What happened? Cleveland won Game 2! Did LeBron bribe the umpires? Chris:woot::woot::woot::woot:
I can see that keeping this coin will continually remind you of your faux pas and cause you many, many sleepless nights. Since that is the case,...
Okay! Look closely at the edge surrounding each hole. You can see that there is metal pushed up around the edge. If this had been created either...
If the debris falls onto the planchet and then is struck by the die, don't you think the device could be imprinted over the debris? Think about...
First, welcome to the neighborhood @Patrick Rees ! Whenever you find a coin with something that shouldn't be there, you must first ask yourself,...
It looks like it was struck through debris that was compacted into the die then fell out. I saw a lot of these when searching a $50 1980 Mint bag....
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