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Looks to me like some kind of repair was done in the left obv field and then the coin was artificially worn to try and hide the repair.
Very true, and I think most people have no idea how to grade and are mainly buying plastic and numbers.
Good question. I would think the blank would probably be 19 mm, and after the upsetting of the rim to form a planchet about 18.8 to 18.9 mm
What do you base that statement on?
Applying "nose grease" to a coin is not whizzing.
This is normal. Just giving people coins/sets/etc will not turn them into coin collectors. it is something that has to come from within them....
On the mint set you posted, that one would keep in the government holder, it s a 1965 Special Mint Set and that is the only year the SMS came in...
I seriously doubt if ANY of the Olympic athletes are dedicating their lives based on the value of the metal in any awards they might win.
I'd drop the 94-S dime from that list. They were struck as business strikes (even though I believe the TPG's now call them proofs) in 1894, and...
I'm wondering why too. Registered would have saved about $70 in fees and would have had more secure handling.
Except a planchet for a 19.6 mm coin probably wouldn't fit through the feeding equipment or into collar for a 19 mm coin.
OK I was apparently mistaken, but in my own defense I did say I BELIEVE they would be retained on a reholder.
That's my point. It appears those are the same style/size boxes that the mint used and if they are then anyone can create "unopened GSA CC...
Close, the spike BY the lower bar of the E is longer on the regular relief coins. On the high relief it barely reaches the top edge of the lower...
These are what are referred to as "obscened" cents. It is a post strike alteration of the coin. Quality can vary from very crude to quite well...
A die marriage is a pairing of a given obv and rev die to create a die variety. For example dies are normally identified by numbers and rev by...
This is a vampire hub piece and unless he has just happened to stumble onto the exact coin the hub was created from it is a fake. About 99.9999%...
OK those are MUCH better than Good to Fair condition. And they are definitely worth more than the 1 to 2 dollars each I said earlier. But I...
Can you buy the boxes? You might try these, I think they are pretty close....
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