Finally dragged mine out for pictures. Not sure how I ended up with two 1949-D. 1958-61 were LCS purchases around 1973, $1.50 each. [ATTACH]...
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Do you have a better picture of the SVDB obverse? MM is correct for position #4 but it looks like significant gouging around it. The image posted...
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Has to be 9. The top of an 8 is very oblong. [ATTACH]
Here's the TrueView. [ATTACH] I can definitely see the AU58 in this one, but not the OP coin. Numismedia says $38. It's a topsy-turvy world out...
I like how you got a quadruple reflection.
The only way to find out is to submit it. I have no idea how a TPG determines a coin blank versus a slug. Here's a great article on the process....
Perhaps mine was meant to be a dime slug. I did not think to compare it with a dime since it's copper, but it's probably close to the 17.9mm...
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For what it's worth, here's the edge of mine, and sandwiched between a US wheat cent, Canadian cent, and 1982 Fiji cent. I agree that the...
Yours is very similar to mine, rounded on one side, flat with a small lip on the other. I was told a long time ago that it's just a punch-out....
Took me a bit to figure out what "pale gules" are, but I love the dedication to this sort of thing.
I've been curious about this for a while - is it really a low-baller if you can't determine the mint mark (or lack of)?
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