Hub doubling is the collectable kind of doubling. The "worthless" forms of doubling include MD (machine doubling) and wear doubling from an old die.
necro necro thread alert. @BKay some Proof dimes were apparently made without an S mintmark, these are worth bucks. Read somewhere (Google)...
...close, but they don't use a mold for US coins, they are struck from planchets that are punched out of stock. The bins holding the planchets...
Get your son to bring home a test tube of xylene.
No, tricksies master is a different book...golum golum. :)
Good question, wish I had a good answer. Keeping the silver under distilled water would allow an oxide coat to form...???
I think aluminum is much cheaper than silver, and the aluminization process is cheaper, more durable and easier than silvering.
Whether from wear or a grease-filled die, it is only face value. Grease-filled dies are interesting sometime, but have no numismatic value....
I have faith in @physics-fan3.14 but just wanted affirmation.
Isle of Man...not silver but my daughter bought it for me. [IMG]
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I'm thinking worn die, let's see what others say.
The lettering, the bow, the mint mark???
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=335557
That's what I thought, but the picture doesn't show what I would think would be that kind of surface.
I don't think it would upgrade :) and am not sure if a PCGS would be any better than an NGC. You could always go for a green or gold bean.
How?
Interesting thread. There was another discussion recently when I opened my big mouth and opined that proofs don't have luster (thought I read it...
The "doubling" does look interesting but when it involves the lettering and the date, that seems to point to MD...wait for someone (and that means...
If they told us they would have to kill us
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