I'm seeing a normal 99 year old cent.
I've always wanted to clean some ancients. It'd be even cooler if they were ones I found myself :)
Do you clean the ancients that you find?
There was a PF68 that sold for like $28 I think. OP - I don't think yours is that nice.
Ebay shows sold listings that are a little cheaper than yours and some for a few dollars more. Also the Prestige sets that sold for less than $10...
Grease filled die.
FYI - Only 32,600 proof 1942s were minted, opposed to 657,796,000 business strike 1942s. The odds of you finding one in your change out of the...
That's what I figured. Just based off that, I would say there is a 99% chance you do not have a proof. Not saying it is impossible. Just...
Where did you find this coin?
I am fluent in Korean and Somali. I use them for work. Korean has helped with collecting a bit when I lived over there but not much.
Here is my 1907 Rooster. I looked at my 2 side-by-side and they are the same color. Not that it is a great indicator between original and...
My guess is that it is crusty. Calling it now.
At least this time they were actually SMALL DATES haha.
Something similar happened to me yesterday. Went in with my son and the vault manager was super excited because he had $380 in ikes for...
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That I don't know. Nor do I know how you would be able to tell the difference.
Dates from 1907-1914 were restruck in, I believe, the 50s using the original dies.
At 3 grams it weighs about what it should for a coin of that era. Therefore I would surmise that it is plated. There look to be some spots on both...
Best practice is for you to say what you think you see and not just "leave it to you guys".
I find Small Date 60-Ds to be much less common than large dates. Not that they are rare by any means.
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