I want that! Thanks for the generosity! I have long found fractionals fascinating. This is one of my first ever. I picked it up for $5 back...
Thanks to all for looking at my post. Thanks especially to @happy_collector and @John Burgess for the information that this is part of a group!
I never expected it to be worth much, just interesting. Considering it cost me 25 cents and I don't expect to sell it, worth is not an issue.
The lines radiating to the southeast, going under the landscape and over the heads of the people in the back of the canoe do appear, at least...
Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, in the pictures it could be seen that way. But in hand it differs from damage that I'm familiar with in several...
I found this in an uncirculated bank roll. It appears to have been struck through debris on the reverse under the extended arm. Am I right that...
Nice. John Burgess is just kidding, but in my ignorance had I found it in change I might have mistaken it for wrapping machine damage and sent it...
Not intended to be sarcastic at all. People fairly often will use whatever, including coins, when there is a bit of wiggle that can be fixed by a...
Back to the coin in the OP's post, it was not necessarily ground down in the usual sense. It looks to me as if it might have been used to level a...
Amen to all the good things others have posted. I, too, am a member of your fan club! My most recent arrival, along with a 2019 holed cent, is...
Congratulations!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I am fascinated by all this, but I am totally ignorant. Several years ago I bought two coins on ebay sold as...
Not the first time any of us has used a term improperly, myself included. I believe the OP meant DDR, based on the pictures provided.
I believe I see the "doubling" the OP is talking about, only it it not doubling, it is part of the design. The columns look "doubled" because the...
These are all really nice coins. But I have found over time that "things," even rare and beautiful things, don't make me happy. On the other...
Fall comes late here in the Deep South. These are from Nov 21, 2011[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not all that rustles in the leaves is leaves:...
Very true in the "old days" when counterfeit usually meant lead. Today's Chinese counterfeits are often tungsten, and a person might break his...
The 1798 cent arrived today. I love it! Thank you so much for the contest. As for the extra I paid, I can't believe how blessed I am to get...
I agree that Barber quarters were engineered better. And yes, the dates wore off buffalo nickles quickly, as did those on SL quarters, especially...
Sometimes the "losers" become famous and popular in their own right, especially if the "winners" are for some reason unpopular and often after the...
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