I believe its a mint mark, kind of like PDS for us (and W). What I seem to recall is that some coins are minted abroad and others in Canada. The...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I pulled a number of these during CRH events. Then found a fellow enthusiast north of the boarder and...
Pictures are a little blurry (see the attached files for some photo ideas) but looks like die deterioration. A good indicator is the direction of...
I was thinking it might be a possibility @Mountain Man , but there is a serif on that particular 'letter'. I did a little digging and found this...
Not me...I'm an enthusiastic collector!!
The wonderful thing about this hobby is that you get to choose what you would like to save and what you would like to return to the wild. Here's...
$0.24. Nice find!
Hi Beth, It appears to be flattened devices. Welcome to CT!
Welcome to CT! Your coin has been dipped in acid. What you are seeing is the disrupted material layers deep in the coin. If you recall, acid is...
Hello…again. Looking forward to your next finds!
Nice photos!
Here’s the specimen I was thinking of - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I’ve found DDO/DDR Jefferson nickels and some DDO or DDR specimens with RPMs (cents and nickels). They are out there but they are harder to find...
Coop used to offer CDs for newbies that cover some of the basics. These days it may be a data file.
Being close to the rim, it may be some folded over material from finning.
Zinc planchets are stamped, tumbled and then plated, is my guess. Then they will be coined into cents where the copper plate stretches. If...
Perhaps a liberated find. That's a great one to snag CRHing!
Larry's got it! A liberated lucky penny. But as @Heavymetal points out, you will come across other coins that are enclosed in a bezel to be worn...
I have 3 MS specimens but all were purchased. The one that got away was my only CRH specimen for the date. I recall that is was fairly circulated...
Nice coins!
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