Did you read my post?
Except there is only one coin pictured with the counterstamp running across the center of the coin (which would cause that flattened area running...
On a coin with raised lettering, split serifs would be an indication of a doubled die. But on incuse lettering it is just the opposite and...
4.9 grams would be closer to the standard for 5 cent pieces 5 grams +/- .194 grams
That is also why the date on the label is in parentheses (2009) Theat indicate the date is 2009 but that it doesn't appear on the coin. Same...
General answer, no absolutely not. For a regular coin you would probably have to get it back as a 68 to make it worthwhile, and minor errors such...
I doubt it is a fake, I don't see much reason to fake them, and how would you know? There are over a thousand different varieties. (Yes, there is...
When I worked in a shop if we broke up a set we stored the OGP and then in the future if someone requested a set in the OGP, we would acquire the...
This is true, because they are installing new faster machines. You have to take out the old machines before you can install the new ones.
I worked the numbers several different ways years ago and I kept coming up with a number somewhere between 1 and 2 million for all collectors from...
No comment on my observation about the dime?
I don't consider the 37 D three legged buffalo to be either a variety or an error, it is a die stage. The die was not like that when it was new...
Think about this, if it WAS real, where do you come up with a planchet that is silver on one side and copper on the other? And that planchet just...
Because platings tend to be very thin often expressed in how many MILLIONTHS of and inch or mm thick they are. For example the copper plating on...
That is a keeper as a nice "teaching piece" to show what extreme die wear looks like. 1983 nickels are often known for this and can be found much...
I'd say just the opposite, worn edge dies and they increased to pressure to sink them a little better. The lettering on new edge dies show the...
Vampire must have been desperate though, bit him 60 years after he died.
I always found it very difficult to get body bags from people. If their coins came back in bodybag with a label stating it had a problem they...
Said that in the middle of page 2. Alsoas I said the 8/7 is wrong. On the genuine the decender of the 7 closes the right side of the bottom loop...
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