Go back to the beginning and read again. They mostly did not go away except in teh area of the date.
You need to tell the National Weather Service that. They think it did. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2010/al19/al192010.update.10250103.shtml?
Look real close and you might change your mind.
I would like to thank lincolncent. His prize arrived. An interesting menagerie for lack of a better term.
You have it in hand. I will have to defer to your opinion, but someone sure spent some time trying to reassemble that thing.
Technically, I would say you are correct. That is small enough I would call it just a chip.
Your pix don't surprise me a bit. You missed commenting on this one posted by Exchequer. [ATTACH]
Yes, I do. Do you know what it looked like when it was minted? I agree that there was not a hole there, but there are a lot of other materials...
The way I read it, the position is not pertinent, but the cause is. The die must be broken as opposed to dented or otherwise damaged. I would...
Entertaining/amusing, yeah, you are probably right. Apropos, now that is a different story.
Try a definition from numismatic resources. PCGS says;
It would be nice if I could see the coin in hand, but I think I agree with Mike - my guess is that is a planchet flaw.
I would guess $150.
Meanwhile, how about a 1930-D
I ha e never seen a clad woodie, but it is the same composition as a nickel. Soo........
As an uneducated guess, I would also say AU.
Ditto.
Funny, but none of my MS69 Mercury dimes toned like that. Maybe that is because I have none. You don't say it. Is that your dime?
Sorry, but my carving abilities never developed. Nice job!
Just that I made a typo. Nothing more. But I figured that someone would jab me for it.
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