That is a great looking Byzantine, randy!
I will be there on Saturday with my son. Only a 20 minute drive north so it is always a go for us.
Die chips are actually on the die....they can't be peeled off... What you have there are gas bubbles that popped, exposing the zinc core. Damage...
Environmental damage.
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It's not. I already gave you the answer to what your coin is. First reply to your post.
Thanks for the lesson. I don’t plan on paying you the hourly rate that a lawyer would get though :p
Me thinks you called yourself an idiot?
Yup. It is a science experiment. Google "gold penny science experiment".
I only have one redbook that, strangely, was found at my place of work. I want to say it is like mid-70s? I know it has the 72DDO in it. It would...
I've heard nothing but good things about Mr. Wiles. I have no reason to think otherwise. I think you should probably re-look at your pictures to...
That is a beautiful buff. I only have cruddy circulated ones in my herd that I have found CRH'ing. They really are a work of art in the MS range.
Coins are also "minted". Not "printed".
Yours looks like: CU-25c-2006P-02R(CO) http://cuds-on-coins.com/washington-quarter-cuds-state-terr-2/
Your *NICKEL* is just damaged. The mintmark looks like it might be filled but that is perfectly common. The 9 has just been hit by something else...
With a modern-ish phone you should be able to take decent enough pictures. I have an iphone 6 and manage to get passable pictures. Just takes some...
I use gimp but you have already surpassed me in quality @dougsmit
I take all my pictures with my phone. About 4-6 inches away. No zoom. It should be clear enough without it when you open them on the computer.
I don't think I am that old, at least compared to most of you guys, and I was sick of the third-person cat crap a looooooooong time ago. Refuse to...
It's not the size of the horn that matters but how it's used.
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