I don't have his dad either. I know they are notoriously poorly struck and I would like one that is at least decent enough to read the legends....
That is a 3rd party put together set. Looks like they plated the coins as well.
In my humble opinion, I'd stay away from shield cents if looking for doubled dies. Or really anything after 1995.
Not EVERYONE! I missed out on mine tonight lol. But one day I will!
Very nice! I was just bidding on a Rockbourne Hampshire Hoard Tetricus II with a Spes reverse. Didn’t win though.
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Don't currently have a Tetricus II but I am hoping to rectify that in the next hour or so... :) Edit: and I didn’t. I hate those last second...
Counterstamp of the state of Nebraska :) Companies did this a lot back in the day. You could get full sets of all 50 states counterstamped onto...
@AmishJedi I have one of each of Claudius II Gothicus "Consecratos". They are sadly in really bad shape. They came out of an uncleaned lot that I...
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What does the reverse look like all cleaned up?
That's not bad at all!
Nice! I've been wanting a 1937 Australia Crown for awhile now. Have yet to find one that is in my price range though.
Ya know, that would fit just fine in my type set as well. Corroded? Sure. Does it have character? Absolutely.
Most errors are not super valuable. Yours isn't that off-center either. Just a minor error. Varieties like the 1992 Closed AM, 1972P Doubled Die,...
Maybe $5-$10. It's nice to have the date on an off-center, but yours isn't THAT off center to make it really interesting. It would have been more...
Little bit of a grease-filled die, it looks like.
Here are a few I already had pictures of: Disclaimer - these were taken when I had no clue how to take pictures of coins! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Some of the tokens I have do have years on them. I need to try and dig them out.
https://www.history.com/news/why-do-coins-have-ridges#:~:text=Mint%20began%20adding%20ridges%20to,intricate%20and%20counterfeiting%20more%20difficult.
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