I'd say the eagle is an AU possibly details, I think the quarter eagle may go MS
Yes, hoard enough of them and you have a lot of money. Just worth face value, but a lot of money.
We seem to be slowly changing over to numbers because people apparently can't read. I seriously doubt they would go in the opposite direction and...
Sand blasting?
Looks like it might be, I'd have to review some other 2006 dimes to be sure.
Without good images I doubt we can help you. And start your own thread, don't tack it onto one that is four years old.
It is a CAM and from the PCGS auction price records the lowest price in the past year has been over $500 for an UNC details or $900 for an AU. I...
The problem is if it doesn't show the mint luster it is pretty much impossible to say if it was originally a non-plated planchet. Because a...
Post strike damage.
Could be a strike through, and NO it is not worth slabbing.
I could see a straight grade on the coin, but if they are downgrading it for the scratch I think 62 would be more believable.
The early copper coinage intrinsic value was somewhat close but did not equal the face value. Originally they were supposed to have the intrinsic...
One small addition, in the court cases over the fourth coin Ford prevailed and the coin was in his collection when it was sold by Stacks, and if I...
The cent , five cent and dime are common but uncs worth maybe a quarter, the 2 francs is worth about $2 exchange rate, if you are in Switzerland,...
The use of the motto was actually left up to the discretion of the Director of the Mint. It was permitted, not required. Its use didn't become...
I think the photography makes it look like that. At first glance it looks like the crack doesn't run between stars 3 & 4 and 9 & 10, but the...
And then of course there were the Ultra high relief pieces. These were basically patterns and they took 9 blows of the medal press to strike up...
As I posted in the other thread, I think it is both. I think it is a legitimate off-center strike that has suffered post strike damage by being...
Don't think successive, think progressive. A grease strikethrough could produce a whole string of examples each slightly different as the grease...
Back then the mintmarks were punched into each die by hand so every die used would have it in a different position. It is possible that a die...
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