If they're both from the same seller, I'm guessing it's a glitch in their listing process. Buy the cheaper one. ;)
Well, not rust as such (there's no iron in the coin), but a metal oxide like rust. Same idea, and sometimes similar appearance.
This. So much this. The paper is NOT a friend. Foil on the outside will also tend to trap condensation. When it's warm and humid, the air inside...
Gravity is never any match for mania. Manias do tend to come and go, though.
I'm not a paper-money person, but the threshold for unaligned bills does seem to be having part of the design run off the edge. Certainly at least...
I'm sorry, but I've been seeing this thread for more than a day now, and I'm still seeing the title as "Fake Cheerios hemidrachms". It's starting...
Well, you can't let them figure out that they've got something. :rolleyes: The problem with BIN is that it only takes one other person spotting...
Which I'd forgotten about until you reminded me. :( But I forgive you.
Nope, staining/corrosion. Remember, missing clad is rare, missing clad on both faces is much, much rarer.
Good Lord, at that price, buy first and ask questions later!
Shhh! Don't give anyone else any ideas!
Much though I want it to be "struck through pocket comb", I'm with @Oldhoopster -- I see what looks like flattening on the reverse.
Congrats on solving the new-thread AND posting-pictures issues! :) I'm not one of the paper-money folks here, but here are my observations...
Third on "plated". Compare it to other quarters, and you'll see that the texture of the surfaces is very different -- plating a coin produces a...
Ooh! Ooh! Can I get in on the IPO?
It's almost certainly plated with silver, or chrome, or nickel. Can you post photos? Also, you'll have better luck if you start a new thread for...
Or maybe you could look for one of the albums that came with the 1965-D slot pre-labeled. :)
Hard to say, but I'd expect with that amount of wear that the crease down the missing part would've been worn down as well. It's far enough gone...
Oh, I knew what you meant, and I hope you know what I mean. There are people who have enough money, or lack enough judgement, that they're happy...
I'm actually intrigued by the notion of collecting some things that would need to be kept in high vacuum or an inert atmosphere. Zincolns don't...
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