If I were in that business, I... well, for starters, I'd be targeting something with more concentrated value than a load of quarters. :rolleyes:
Cents aren't clad, so it can't be a missing clad layer. Is the coin thinner than other cents? The diagonal streaks look like improper mixing of...
If it came out of Mint equipment, it's apparently "legitimate enough" for the TPGs, and for enough collectors to constitute a market. I don't much...
Okay, now it looks like an upset rim to me -- but the edge texture still doesn't look right for that. But I haven't studied any of these types...
Not quite zero. (Link goes to story with video, starring our very own @Fred Weinberg.) But close enough to zero.
Well, you might have a better chance if you knock over one of those trucks...
I concur. You can't un-crack the slab, but you can always un-not-crack it if you change your mind. :)
I'm really, really looking forward to good head-mounted/eye-mounted displays. I just hope I can preserve my vision long enough to use them. Look...
Could be both. OP got a legitimate and desirable error, and somebody somewhere thinks they passed a slug for five cents.
I don't see any sign of a rim, though...?
Lucky man, the contacts didn't get me much better than 20/20. :) I loved 30-day contacts too, but once I started to lose focal accommodation, I...
Yeah, reporting back once the listings end would be useful.
Could be a nickel blank (type 1 planchet, no upset rim). Could be a slug. But if it's the same dimensions and weight as a nickel, that seems a...
If he does that, the thread will get moved to For Sale and locked, or it will get deleted entirely. If he doesn't do that, it's not going to be a...
Cause and effect are a little muddy here, I think. I started reading at age 2 or 3, and spent a whole lot of my childhood with my nose buried in...
Interesting idea! I think it would be hard to make it work, though -- a single-element lens made out of slab plastic would introduce distortion,...
I'm not quite sure how you hope for this thread to unfold. It will be hard to discuss them without linking to the listings, and as soon as you do...
I don't like the look of it one bit. That would be enough to keep me from buying it, but not necessarily enough for me to bring down heat on the...
Acetone is less damaging to coins than soap and water, never mind poking with a toothpick. An acetone soak is proper cleaning, and won't damage a...
The date could be just about anything in that state. That last figure could be a 2, or a 9, or a ζ. If it ever was a 1943 copper cent, it's too...
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