Those slabs and serial #’s identify with products released from the Bradford Exchange. A lot of their items are “outside the norm”. You could...
@Collecting Nut …just a follow-up to see if you are better now…Spark
It has evidence of circulation wear and die deterioration…AU55/58. It does not have the boldly detailed tail feathers ( AKA Enhanced Tail...
I like all five. Love that they are cameo proofs and Weimar Republic, too…nice! …but I like the last one…the Walther Vogelweide 3 Mark the...
The tech handed it to you just in time… …just before its’ value slipped to under 23 cents…imo…Spark
…it’s known as, and prosecuted for “destruction of government property”, but the law was created to prevent profiting from government resources,...
A note towards future grading: On the reverse of your coin you see three areas that are most susceptible for circulation wear…the forward corner...
There is wear on the ear/hair curl in the center and a slight rub in the hair above that…AU58. Keep in mind they struck these for 2 years, made...
Drugs be taken by the maker of that…reminds me of Fillmore posters in San Francisco back during the Flower Power days…Jefferson Airplane and...
Subjected to extreme heat…imo…Spark
As long as you’re clear: you aren’t the Lone Ranger. Plenty of us have made sight errors…it’s going to happen when pics drive your forum… …the...
I’ve done that too. There are more traces of deterioration next to the rim between 2K and 4K, above the lettering of IGWT and actual split...
Yep, die deterioration doubling…that plating doesn’t look split to me. Not being split, here is a way to look at how it happens to get this...
I think it is a 2002 struck through grease…keep it if you collect this sort of thing…imo…Spark
Looks like a strike-through with a lot of circulation wear. I don’t know any value but the extensive wear is definitely going to...
Very nice!…all of the ones I found in circulation back in the ‘60s were G4/G6…this one is MS62/63…I don’t think the face chatter is distracting or...
The ‘77 could be from a defective/shattered die, but not worth very much, if anything, in that advanced worn condition. Everything else looks...
Quite right, it is Troy oz…Spark
A lot of buying power in that 1 gram: Current gold price $2554.96. Divided by 28.3495 grams in 1 ounce: $90.1236353374839… So, would a retailer...
Being serious, not flippant or dismissal…. You can start with a defective planchet that makes its’ way through the stamping press and then...
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