I won't know until they start minting coins with 1/2" high dates....
That is a clear case of PMD caused by a 1/4" drill bit!
I saw on a thread some months back that the Chinese copy houses are actually producing copies of the dime on a 16 penny nail thing.
Paddy is right as always. These are certainly interesting. I am not an errors collector and I have two in my collection. They aren't uncommon...
Two years ago I spotted the coin of my dreams in a Midwest coin shop. Proof66 Star with the most gorgeous perfectly rainbow tone framing the coin....
I have purchased a lot of slabbed coins. One of the first things I do is verify the coin on the TPG website and make note of their listed value....
The very first hole to plug in a Whitman cent folder displays the reverse of a wheat cent. In other words, the obverse of the cent is against the...
Does the obverse exhibit a full strike in the same area?
[IMG] I only check every month or so. But wow. That's impressive.
No!! Come on!! Have I been duped again?? What is your indicator? I thought with the toning and luster peaking out around the edges this was an...
I am a total sucker for a well struck coin and that is the sharpest struck Barber half I have seen. I love the luster intermingled with the toning...
Since that purchase a whole week ago.... I have had two more gold purchases forced upon me.... Well, they didn't have to push all that hard........
Fairly easy to pick up early 20th century gold at or near spot prices. I also like to purchase "cull" rolls of silver dollars. Just very worn old...
Familiar, huh? I still cannot get enough of that one So I can see a die so overworked and polished that it eliminates the detail of the coin....
Imagine painting an item that has fine details. You may have some paint build up in some of the small crevices that conceal some of the detail of...
No, not really. There a billions of these cents minted and everything from exposure to sunlight to the moisture in a persons pocket can have an...
It is called a counterpunch. Done in a persons garage, not by the US mint. Most often these are small and have a masonic image, a state outline or...
If that dime could talk I bet it would tell you it was a screwdriver once.
Its a cool feeling to find history in your pocket change.
A cracked die at 10 o’clock on the reverse?
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