Nope. The mint made it from copper-coated zinc, then somebody else got the coin, plated it with nickel, and re-plated it with copper.
Most likely plated with nickel (pure nickel is magnetic), then something else.
I would've gone with "pestilent", but I admire the sentiment all the same.
Great question! And great answer!
Sad to see that dial at the top right -- wonder if the rest of the camera it came off of is somewhere nearby?
I would guess that it's less about picking out higher grades, and more about simple inventory management. The dealer might get in a monster box...
:rolleyes: Do you care only about quality, but not price? Of course not. You probably want the best coin you can afford. Buyers of impaired coins...
At least if you aren't confident in your ability to authenticate.
It's quite common to find it in quarts. If you have any small, local, non-chain hardware stores left, try those. If not, Walmart might come through.
Yup, and that's why that dealer didn't get to make any money on it. Someone wanted this poor thing enough to pay more than 50% of the value of an...
The flip side of this, of course, is that you can buy a raw genuine coin for an unfairly low price. It's just that your odds of buying a raw fake...
I'd love to, but the site says the July/August issue is in the Members Only section, and says nothing about the September/October issue. Could...
If I saw a genuine 1904-S half with MS details, no matter how badly the surfaces had been worked over, I'd be willing to spend several hundred on...
Yep, when looking for a value yardstick, always pick something that's subject to seasonal variation, and supply-disruption-related spikes, and...
eBay and other venues say otherwise. I understand that you don't like it, but you are not the market. ;)
No. Just, no. Look at the obverse stars, especially the two adjacent to the date. Look at the drunken "0 4" in the date. Look at the smeared...
Yep, those look like proofs. :)
Silver quarters were supposed to weigh 6.25g, with a tolerance of 0.195g plus or minus. All your coins are well within tolerance. I hope you...
Nope. Most likely outcomes when you receive the coin: 1) It's significantly underweight, possibly even magnetic. 2) It weighs normally, but...
For a 1921, I'd assume it would go in the other direction. There may not be any strike-through collectors who would be willing to pony up for a...
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