Eye spye the eye stye. Let's hope for Honest Abe's sake that blister doesn't break open and rot!
It looks like there is a plating blister which is mimicking a doubled eyelid.
I think he was referencing the 1964 Kennedy he found.
First of all welcome to CT! It's nice here isn't it? As others said before those are coin rolling marks and you'll see them on other...
As others said, no doubling but there's still some nice over-polishing!
That was one of them :)
Those look awesome! Silver proofs are so soft, white, and silvery. They feel refreshing to look at after seeing many of their gray, rigid...
I'll have to try to find the procedure somewhere :) I remember bookmarking some videos on YouTube that detailed the procedure quite well!
Personally, I would not use neodymium magnets. I can not imagine trying to detach neodymium magnets from something like an iron coin. Ferrite...
It does look to be cleaned and has re-toned, but it looks really cool!
You're right, it does not have the right color. It could be plated in silver, but more likely it's plated in zinc. This is a very popular...
It has quite a fun story, then.
Nice lamination find indeed! Now, I can't tell if the lighting of the image is playing a trick on me, but is there a die break between the rim...
Most definitely!
Apologies on my lengthy response time; I have been so busy with school! Some of the pictures really do show it in a way that looks similar to some...
Excited to see the results!
Looks like just a few breaks in the toning and some mushy details from the strike, which I personally would not downgrade the coin for but I...
Very nice. The filled A is a die chip. Many collectors refer to die chips and die cracks as die varieties or die stages, rather than errors. You...
That's an amazing coin! I think high-XF at the very least, but it looks like a nice mid-AU. As you mentioned the luster is hard to see in the...
Congratulations, and steel errors amaze me every time I see them.
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