Or from the last guy to hold it before it was slabbed. :)
And ONE BU 1921 just so they can prove their ad was true.
They ran out of room on the label. Double struck with 2nd strike 50% off-center with indent.
I think the beads are in too straight a line and spaced too closely together to be the beaded border from a Canadian nickel. It looks to me like...
What the heck is "die collapse"? I know what die sinking is from improper hardening, but I have no idea what "collapse" is. And when a die sinks...
That makes them more affordable for someone like me.
But if they stop coining the cents, within a year they will be gone from circulation.
There's a cure for that. I admit it does take awhile. Another problem is a lot of collectors would rather spend their money on coins and/or...
I would really have to see this coin in hand. I think you have the obv identified correctly it is the obv of N-13. But that obv is used with two...
There are a fair number of doubled dies on proof Ikes, there is a strong doubled die 1970-S cent. There are rotated dies etc.
As ahearn says they make no mention of date, mintmark, or condition. They show a nice high grade coin, but you would probably receive VG - F...
Sandblaster, Grinder etc. If it hasn't etched the surface yet and you don't want to use acetone then iso-propanol (rubbing alcohol) find a bottle...
Yeah but it is easier to definitely tell different pieces of paper money apart because of the serial numbers. When you are comparing notes on...
And in surveys when they are told that the coins cost more than face value to make and that we are losing millions of dollars making them, the...
I guess I'm the contrarian again. Sure I like quality coins as much as anyone, but I don't have much money. Sure I could have saved up and...
Well appears to be an AU and is quite possibly worth about the same as the cost of slabbing and the slabbing really won't raise the value. No I...
It's not that hard guys. I just reached over and picked up the book. A few minutes research and there's the answers. It's just a matter of...
The cent currently costs 2.4 cents each to make. The cost of materials is .4 cents of that. Labor and overhead is 2 cents. No matter what you...
Part of the reason it is murky is because PCGS couldn't consistently tell the business strikes from the proofs (sometimes calling die varieties...
If you are interested the 1802 is an S-225 Die State V R-2. When I first saw it I though it was S-226 due to the strength of the cud below the...
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