Hello Ambassador. Welcome to CT! I can’t open your files but maybe just as well. You may want to try again by starting your own thread and...
Years ago I was finding a bunch here in Connecticut. When I was CRHing a few years back, even finding a Canadian cent was a rare event.
Well done @wheelz! Inexpensive by my standards. I bought an inexpensive digital microscope on a whim (a buddy of mine owned a store so I got a...
Damaged cent. If you have a scale you could weigh it. Should be 3.11g minus a bit for wear.
Any time my friend. This is a shoebox setup I also use. Built with repurposed materials. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The can I use as a stand is filled with quarters to stabilize the phone’s camera. Different colored...
Hi Joe - many of the cameras nested in scopes ( if that’s what you purchased) are obsolete, low resolution cameras. As Sal points out, the camera...
Check out this pocket find by @BALD SPARTAN - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/error.406932/ Nice find! Post your other pocket finds here.
Novelty coins are made by running a cent through a roller. Something like this flattened the details and elongated the coin. Perhaps this was...
We know you’re savvy. :-)
Cracked dies do not affect the rim of a coin. This specimen shows the effect spreading into the rim. The new photos confirm this. For this reason,...
When I first saw this phenomenon, I was puzzled. As you probably notice, there’s a slight depression in those areas affected. Like you might see...
I agree. Struck through grease. It’s pretty common for this vintage.
Maybe. The involvement of the rim has me thinking it’s something with the plating or the planchet.
Perhaps subsurface corrosion - https://www.error-ref.com/subsurface-corrosion/
The ‘crack’ extends through the rim on both sides. This would suggest to me that we are looking at something else.
Water, coffee bean extract…other ingredients to soften the bitter, roasted flavor. ;-)
Well, maybe $110 mixed change collected over the last few months. I was able to snag a few higher state cents for my Lincoln Roll collection, but...
The Liberty Lincoln
My understanding is that Congress establishes what denominations are to be made and how much/many. In 1964, the P and D requirements were tall and...
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