I think we may be seeing glue.
I know of nothing that could cause a die face to warp outward and I've never seen an example of a coin struck with a die face that was warped...
Herbert meant exactly what he said, a transfer of the design through a planchet to the other die over a life time of hundreds of thousands of...
It CAN happen in the shallower raised device areas. (Memorial columns on Lincoln's neck.) When it does the clash tends to be incredibly strong in...
Back before the Standard Catalogs came out the standard references for world coins were Coins of the World 1700 - 1850 by Craig, Coins of the...
I think part of the problem is the coin image has been enlarged enough that it is pixelated, but it is showing evidence of being one token struck...
A 2.5% per annum rate of return, compared to an official 3% rate of inflation and that is before paying storage fees for 32 years. Sounds like a...
The Liberty cap coins were modeled after the head on the Libertas Americanus (sp) medal made in France. The flowing hair is basically the Liberty...
It doesn't happen too often anymore but the way a die "warps" other than by breaking is from improper hardening which allows the die face to SINK...
Your thinking of the 1870-S half dime. The 73-S is a common date. (And in my opinion the story of the 70-s is unbelievable. How may shops have...
No they don't. They will refund if they come to No Opinion, or if it is something they don't slab, but for Questionable Authenticity it is full...
U S Mint and Coinage by Taxay.
Depends on the note and series. Not all of them were leaf prints.
The problem with an app that shows prices is "Who tracks or establishes the prices?" If you don't know and trust them, do you trust the prices?...
US Mint doesn't make currency so there can't be a law against defacing it. There is no law against defacing coins, unless it is done with...
It is only a capital gain if the item has been held for more than a year. Also if you are buying and selling regularly you can establish yourself...
It's amazing what the eye and brain can "see" that isn't there.
Ok so the reverse appears to have a small rotation. It appears to be within the mint specs to be considered normal.
Kind of silly that they are reporting this now that copper has been falling and the theoretical metal value of the cent is down to around two...
Did Cheapslabs have a picture of it? If they did he is probably using their picture.
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