Rick Snow just sent out an email on this "The mystery of Misplaced Digits in the Indian Cent series".
The 1919 Mercury Dime DDO was discovered in 2015......
s/mechanism/neck/g Look at the photo just below the midpoint of the neck is something sticking out like a thorn. On a mint state coin it's clear...
Look at the photo just below the midpoint of the mechanism is something sticking out like a thorn. On a mint state coin it's clear it's a date...
What is interesting about the 'scratch' is that it appears to be two parallel lines with a small bit of orignal surface between them and it goes...
Isn't that the fun part of numismatics? You start researching something simple and poof you are off looking at 1890s patent filings.
At the time, master dies were used with the design, but the year was hand punched into the working dies (later on it would be punched into the...
Yup, same as the rest of the thread - plated outside of the mint. PSD.
And that works for you... more power to you. Me? I'd look at that and think the album is worth more than the coins.
The Internet is where sarcasm went to die.
A new thread, with a more on-point title ("how do I protect my self when selling") is more likely to get viewed and ideas.
He asked (not the OP, a reader), I answered... if it bothers you, move on.
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It didn't. Counterstamps/Countermarks are applied after the coin leaves the mint, often for advertising purposes. Early on they advertised local...
They also use reported (private) sales from dealers to get a more holistic view of the market.
Was the package insured? If so, file a claim/report with the postal service, since fraud was attempted against them.
Good liar's poker bill. Pair of 6s. Three 1s. Three 3s. Full house 1s over 3s. etc.
Yes... I figured somebody would figure out the date w/o saying it :happy:, because the business strike and proof mintages - while all small from...
Of those two? Neither. Hate the slick (I can't read the date and you probably can't either once you put it into the album). Not a big fan of the...
Specific gravity is (if you'll pardon the pun) the gold standard test. The ice cube and magnet tests are less direct, they depend on...
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