Welcome, glad you can enjoy some coins again.
Sounds like fun, Happy Searching.
It happens as the die gets used strike after strike. http://www.error-ref.com/ It is a lot to consume but, very useful.
Isn't that what we are supposed to do as Collectors and Numismatists, experienced or not, it is learning just the same. Right?
Missed the die crack.
I took a bunch of silver to my local b&m last week, He said no one is buying silver, He gave me less than the norm, I accepted, but he said he...
It's a late die state
Zinc rot by the T, And die crack from the memorial to the rim.
That's a plating bubble.
I don't think so. These Have a shelf like appearance, not a raised bubble or crack like appearance.
I'd attest to that but, looks like it could be the lighting, on UST.
If the photos are true . I would beg to differ with NGC.
I'd a probably dropped my bill fold getting the money out. Good score!
Heres the thing I don't see any flattening to the devices. In fact you can see the design elements through the curvature. For some reason I think...
We like having you around, @Tyler Graton, Don't go anywhere, the reason that books and education in this field is so important, is that their are...
Make it a third.
I would like to see the micro pics. My opinion though, by the way the num looks to be pressed into the substance. I am thinking that it is post...
It is without a doubt accelerating the process, and I am exited to see the outcome. Only for educational purposes though. I am hoping that in the...
THis might be an instance that full obv and rev pics are needed, Very interesting, this is only a possibility, mis- aligned die clash.
BY the look of the surface crud on your coin it is hard to tell. the close ups don't help. Need full size obv. pics to help.
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