Your coin is a mishandled (circulated) proof coin. The lettered edge was put on the proofs at the same time the coins were struck through the use...
Would love to, but can't afford to.
A very crude contemporary counterfeit created by squeezing a metal blank between two V nickels. I once had a lead alloy shield nickel created the...
Not a grease filled P, die chip. If it was a grease fill the P would be missing.
Hmmm changed from a cent into a dime. Hope it stays that way because the dime is a lot better than the cent was.
Sorry Marshall but Kirkuleez was kind enough to sell it to me last year. I have it right her on the desk beside me.
Their logic is "WOW these things sold out instantly last year, collectors must love our medals. Lets boost the price and get rid of the limits...
I was wondering when some one was going to mention the 82-D copper small date.
You folks are forgetting that the die faces are not smooth. If you have a drop of water on the planchet and it get trapped by the recesses in the...
And the latest word from the mint seems to be "Oops we goofed and it turns out those box numbers we released don't indicate those coins were...
The right foot of A2 is lower than the left foot of M. That is rev AE which was used on JR-7 and JR-10. On JR-7 star 7 points BETWEEN two...
Then like the other guy from seven years ago, you have a one oz silver round worth somewhere close to the spot price which right now is about...
It got mugged.
On your dime the first thing you need to do is determine the weight, preferably to two decimal places. If it is really missing a clad layer it...
Until the mercury dissolves them.
Well 1819 has the large date (two dies N-1 and 2) N-1 is also the overdate. 3 through 10 are all small dates. N-3 and 4 (one die) have a small...
Have to a very long flight. Metallic mercury has a very low vapor pressure. A tiny droplet of mercury could take many MONTHS to evaporate.
Yes I have.
Depending on the price I see nothing wrong with buying them. Nice repunched date on the 48 and I find the broken S mintmark punch on the 63 S...
Mercury, being a liquid metal, has a tendency to act as a "solvent" and dissolve other metals forming an amalgam. So when applied to a coin such...
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