Partial collar strike. The collar was not fully in place and when the coin was struck the obv (hammer die side) was above the top edge of the...
That is something that confuses a lot of people. They don't seem to realize that although all of the colones used "shillings' in their money of...
So are you saying that this coin is a fake because other coins they have sold are fakes, or is there something on this cent that identifies it a...
Call them, they aren't real good at responding to email.
If it is a fake then yes they are getting good.
The state coppers were basically made to resemble the British half pence in size and weight. And the half pence was roughly the value of the US...
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Or it has been but they approved it anyway. It happens.
It would also be the same metal on both sides, the OP coin isn't. It would also be cent sized , not dime size. (Or at least it would be larger...
Is true, that is a planchet that didn't get struck and then was sent through the edge lettering machine. If you lettered the edge first and then...
The edge is applied to the circulation strike coins AFTER the coins are struck by a method similar to how the edge of the blank is thickened to...
It might also be important to try an determine how rare this repunched date is, and how much demand there is for it. (Just because PCGS only...
Thanks for the picture of the coin in the slab. That is the most recent PCGS slab. Only been in use for a year or less.
Not a DDO, die deterioration doubling.
By the time PCI got to the solid borders they were on their third or fourth owner and their grading had slipped to the point they weren't much...
Can't be slabbed pre-2005 (Or if it was it was reholdered later) You can't see the slab but you can see that it is in a PCGS prongs type holder...
Yes they are an "error" but a packaging error not a mint error. And yes they shouldn't get through quality control, but that just tells you the...
All you have to do is read all the thousands of pages in the omnibus spending bills and all the supplemental spending appropriations the Congress...
Not difficult. Use wax or an adhesive to attach it to a spindle of a lathe, set your tool rest at an angle to the face of the coin and then grind...
Looks like strike weakness. Notice the point of the coronet is opposite the leaf cluster just to the left of the ribbon binding the wreath. That...
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