I was so fixed on the hand print I didn't even notice the serial number. Nice catch!
For some reason, when I go strap hunting, I find more lower numbered notes than higher. I wonder how the BEP releases them.
I think we can all agree what it is, but is it a chop mark or someone playing around with a rubber stamp? I don't have the answer.
Whatever is in his hair looks like the white stuff that is on the fed bank seal. I do not think that is a chop mark.
They are hands with a pointing finger. Could be chop marks, but I have never seen them before.
In that condition, it is not worth keeping for any reason. Unless you just like it. Who am I to tell you not to keep it if you like it It is...
I would not bother with the stains. If you can afford to keep it, keep it.
If you are intrigued by paper money serial numbers, scrape together $100 and buy a strap (100 notes) of singles from your local bank. Search...
That 4 looks like a combination of it took a hit die crack. Taking a hit probably altered the angle.
So is the OP's coin a vise job?
I agree with Fred. Like that makes a difference!
Why is this in the almost paper money thread?
I have this one laying around. I know it isn't worth squat but I just can't put it back into circulation. [ATTACH]
Looks like the strike did not fill the die. Why? I don't know, because the rest of the coin looks well struck. The cheek looks like the planchet...
In some societies 8 is considered a lucky number. The more 8's the more luck!
Sure looks like a cutting error to me. If it is a misaligned face printing, only the front (face) would be off center. However the back is also...
I have been using Doelger's Gallery of Coins in Warren, NJ for the past 30 years. Pete (the owner) has been a strait shooter and always ready to...
I thought that a clash only showed up in the fields. Why would it show up on the wing?
If cost of goods and interest rates return to pre-Covid levels is that really inflation? Or just a pot hole in the road?
I have about 20 of these (and one fake). They are all from difetent casinos. I buy them when the price is right. Nice to look at and show people,...
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