Nice find.
I am never influenced by precious metal prices when buying or selling a collectible coin. Good quality coins hold there own regardless of market...
Boy Scouts. I earned the Stamp collecting merit badge but missed the Coin collecting badge. I kept my coins and started again after I sold my...
What does DMPL mean?
Nice to know. I sure like the hunt and learning both. I had that coin marker as BU and then under the magnification saw the marks. Now I will view...
Thanks for all of the explanations. Slowly learning more about the production process.
Thanks. I didn't know that. Is this also true of the mint sealed coins?
Under the microscope with lighting I see two parallel yellowish lines across the coins face, so some kind of damage. Schuck's thought I found...
Ouch! How does an uncirculated coin get damaged? The metal appears raised to me. It was the area above the ear that made me think clash. I am...
How about the marks above the ear where it appears checkered?
I removed this coin from a sealed U.S. Postal Commemorative Society, J.F. Kennedy Uncirculated U.S. Half Dollar Collection.
In hand this is a pretty coin but when I put it under magnification I thought it was gouged but to my surprise it is a heavy clashed die. This is...
Thanks for the advice and I will not attempt to clean any coins
When silver prices were high many silver coins were melted so this must have affected population numbers significantly
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It will be a good learning process.
Thanks. I'll get my mint sets and start looking
Were any placed into the year set's?
Has a nice serial number
Very helpful explanation
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