The Mile High City, didn't get a measurable snow fall until December 31st this year. And now we are having our second snow. Just wanted to say...
It sure would be fun to make. Even though it has that Medal look, it is a good representation of a bilevel bisecting die crack.
It shows and the reason it got a 65.
Some of you know that I have been going thru 3 mint bags of Lincoln cents. One of them is a 71D, I am about an 1/8 of the way into this bag and...
I saw a couple of those today, the guy also had some Susan B's in Silver.
A Mis aligned die also causes finned rims. Finned rims will fold over and look like little rim cuds.
I think that in order to figure out when gold was strong we need to see a graph of inflation in the same time period.
Not sure that I would be Gem on that coin, it must have some amazing luster. Still a beautiful coin. Those are some good photos Collect.
I have made a few like that with belt sander. It does give you an idea of how much higher the rims are on a coin than the central devices. I did...
Definitely a Lamination. It's always fun when you find rolls like that.
Did you find a letter or number that is the same size and detail? I really can't tell anything from the photos. I will just say it's a well...
Thank you, I don't know if the coin is legit or not. I only was only able to look at the one in post #7. I don't specialize or even collect gold...
I here ya, The luster on the first one definitely is better than the second, and is going to be the determining factor between gem and a premium...
I hope that @BadThad doesn't mind. This one is MS and an extreme example.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The date and MM say this one definitely has a plating...
I wouldn't try to conserve that myself, if it did come back as a foriegn planchet, send it to the pro's, even if it came back in a details slab,...
I try to keep all cents that are AU58 or better, As for the new ones (shield cents) They have to be Mint state, strong strike, and nearly...
I don't think that it has changed any. In 2010 there was over a billion golden dollars in treasury vaults. We are now 12 years later.
Nice state quarters. I have seen quite a few AU or better lately in the metro.
That cent is fairly frosty, hard to find them like that, One of the main determining factors of grade with these new cents is the spots. BS are...
The graded example that @fretboard posted in this thread is a BD-6 Notice the hair curl, Re punching/doubling of the date, Star next to the...
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