The reverse of this 1989-S proof has a die crack that starts at the eleventh column of the Lincoln Memorial and runs under "oF" and right on...
You used to get a candy bar for a nickel. Now the candy bar is $1.25 and the nickel is $1.00. Go figure!
The 1988 proof has smoother fields that are more like the proofs from the 1950's, or from today. The business strikes still look they are stamped...
Also from the bin of junk war nickels destined for the smelter; also $1. [ATTACH]
I always liked war nickels. I fished this out of the bin at the LCS for $1. [ATTACH]
1987 Proof [ATTACH] 1987 Business strikes [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1986 Proof [ATTACH] 1986 Business strikes [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The preceding discussion of the 1955 Doubled Die is surreal. I could understand some marks being transferred from the die to the coin and being...
I am about to photograph a set of slabs. I've got a new idea I want to try; maybe some of you would like to try it too. My idea of using a black...
[ATTACH] There are some marks on the holder that show up here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1984 Proof [ATTACH] 1984 Business strikes [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This 1983 proof still shows issues with bonding the copper and zinc, creating a bubbly effect in the fields. 1983 Proof [ATTACH] 1983 Business...
This site is full of information about 1982 cents and their diagnostics. The thread A Guide to 1982 Lincoln Cent Identification is an excellent...
1981 Proof [ATTACH] 1981 Business strikes [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Alas, it's a scratch. I am imagining a staple.
My second Standing Liberty Quarter. Bought in person at the LCS after looking at their tray of ungraded SLQ's. Definitely old school. Any...
You guys have hit on something, I think. This is the new retail. And the buyers are coin collectors, not numismatists. On this forum we have the...
This 1980 proof looks like another neglected issue. 3.5 million proofs were minted, yet NGC has graded only 893 of them. And that seems hardly...
No, literally - you literally have tiny magnifying glasses in the pictures. These must be huge on your monitor, because the magnifying glass...
@BadThad and @Evan8, you make me appreciate my 1973-S's a lot more! This is a proof that I need to replace. As with the previous year, there is...
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