Nice GIF for that! Sometimes coins that get stuck in a washer / dryer take on this appearance too. I agree that it was being turned into a ring,...
Nonetheless a wonderful example. Wherever the color came from, it's awesome! Curious! I wonder if there were multiple dies for these tokens or...
I believe the OP is referring to improper annealing. Such as is most often seen on "black beauty" nickels.
Both very cool tokens.
I think it's a nice coin and an especially nice necklace.
Here’s a 1988 Mexico 100 Pesos with a portrait of Venustiano Carranza Garza showing some exceptional facial hair. [ATTACH] 1981 Dominican...
That's a rather cool idea! I think a binder page with 2x2s would display it really well! That make total sense, and I am also sure there are many...
Those are cool chopmarks. Provided the chopmarks aren't fake, wouldn't that mean that this coin is genuine? Since the goal of chopmarks was often...
I think that regardless of any numismatic value, these coins probably have a much more meaningful value to you because they were your father's. I...
Just as others have said, 1982 was the transition year between a 95% copper 5% zinc composition, and a 97.5% zinc 2.5% copper composition. Copper...
Perfect!
Fascinating. Thank you very much for this information!
Here we have Admiral Yi Sun-sin featuring some exceptional facial hair: 1972 South Korea 100 Won (currently residing in an ANACS EF-40 slab)....
What a fun find!
Really cool find!
I also am thinking it's the 8th on Variety Vista. If you could get a picture of TRUST with different lighting the markers might be visible.
Was going to mention this as well. Curious as to how the composition of the shell casing cents varies from that of the normal alloy.
I quite love this series. SBAs sometimes feature very sharp strikes and superb luster in my opinion.
Wow. Beautiful coin.
That's incredible! I always find stories about people finding rare or unheard of tokens metal detecting really fascinating.
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