Thank You!
Nice FS-501. These zinc RPM's are incredibly hard to find.
So they are die chips or Interior die breaks and not just plating blisters? From the responses, I figured that it was mainly a plating issue.
Much better photos Larry, Your quarter has been left in ACID of some sort. The acid attacks the softer metal first and that is the copper core....
Couldn't Pull up your link Longnine. The 58 DDO was the finest example of three known. This was Stewart Blay's collection (Red Copper). The 1919...
Please add your own photos Blue.
I will have to remember that. I just don't hunt or see these coins very often. I thought it was die deterioration.
That makes cents too.
Actually this is a tilted die clash. It is strongest at the neck and top of the date. Sadly the clash was not strong enough to show a date on the...
Here is the above's sister, I used the same flip and card to try and emulate the toning. Didn't work.. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And by the way it makes my poll useless.
Huh, didn't know. Is this common?
Looking forward to those photos @Larry Stuckey
Kinda of an interesting die stage, I don't look for foriegn coins they just find me. What kind of doubling do you see? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
This really isn't my series, and with out looking at other examples, I maybe think that there is a shot at 45, if the coin hasn't been messed with...
Larry, can you tell us why you would think that? Nobody here is paid, we share our knowledge freely to anyone that wants to listen. If a member...
You have that backwards MD is flat and shelflike taking the thickness away from the raised device. Any kind of scraped look is a form of die...
How about you tell us why we wouldn't see that? You seem to know more than us.
It's always neat to find a 69 with any kind of doubling. BUT, That isn't a doubled die it is MD, machine doubling, worth a cent.
It's OK Larry, You just don't understand.
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