I'm not being rude but your question did come off as rude. I asked a question, where are you seeing doubling? Did you actually compare it to any...
Long enough.
Where are you seeing doubling? I see nothing that resembles doubling in your pictures.
Stop being a "hater", Chris. Let the stable genius show us his amazing finds.
Yup. Great stuff. I hadn't listened to a podcast ever before November of last year. I started with his WWI "Blueprint for Armageddon". I then...
The top mark looks like it could be a "ㅌ" but I can't make out the other one. The bottom line that looks like "44" and then the Chinese character...
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES I CAN STRESS THIS 99.99% of coins DO NOT need to be "graded" or "slabbed by TPGs.
The cheek looks like a lamination but the lines lower than that on the hair look like damage to me.
No to both. ESPECIALLY the ASE. Grading bullion is a terrible idea. The only people that it benefits are the TPG's.
That was done with a garbage chinese USB microscope. Like I said, the pictures are awful...but you can still see where the notching is. Especially...
@Chema Here are some admittedly poor pictures of one of my 002's I found CRH'ing. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Not a doubled die. BUT it is a partial collar strike aka railroad rim. Here is an example that looks similar to yours:...
I used to keep every "S" mint cent I ran across when searching cents. I'm on the east coast and they aren't super common. I ended up with multiple...
Honestly, it's worth face value. But if you like it, that's what matters.
I've read several of the theories that @Severus Alexander posted above. My favorite by far is the one with the coin mocking Pompeii. I doubt this...
25 cents a piece. Your coins are damaged. Check out "spooned quarter".
It is a copy of a "widow's mite". Here is another person who has your exact same coin: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=333215
Those only came in the mint sets. They are not in circulation.
And with that, I will not bother trying to help you out any more. Good luck in the future.
Why did I even bother responding to this thread.:facepalm:
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