I do not know enough about 1888 over 7 to comment on that, but it is easy to take pictures of GREEN verdigris and not see any green - either by...
I am with Marc on this one. I am seeing too many similarities to say they are different but not enough to say they are the same. If you could...
That sure looks to me like it has been zinc coated.
Well, they probably use some acid in there somewhere. It looks like it has seen some acid at some time. Aside from that, your coin looks like...
See;
If you are talking about the blisters on the coin, it is the copper plating separating from the zinc base. These were quite common in the early...
Lest we forget - "Poor man's double(d) die".
I am more on the seller. I can believe that some clerk could make a mistake like that at the TPGs - even 2. However, this guy is selling them...
Well, they are consecutive numbers...........
In 67 for sure and probably even 66, the D is better than the S. In fact in 67, PCGS lists the D as $4200, but the S as only $200. For NGC 67's,...
Not only did ICG make a mistake, but the seller did not catch it.
Take a look at this auction and see if you can tell me why you should look at what you are selling;...
The actual rule reads;
How about David Lange in "The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents". Yes, it is listed there under the doubled die obverse.
And you get 2 votes because?
I am not saying what caused it is an opinion, rather what it is called. Regardless of who you think would vote which ever way, it is obviously an...
That is an opinion, not a fact. So far, the opinion poll favors calling it a "1955 poorman's doubled die" penny.
WE change it because YOU think it is wrong. Why not YOU change because WE think it is right?
What I was trying to say is that to most people, it is a "poor man's double die". You don't shoot the messenger if you don't like the message.
I knew what a "poor man's double die" when I was 10. I do not care if it is or is not a double die, that is what it has been called at least...
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