1983-Date yes. I personally don't know all of them, but I've seen some very nice silver issues
Yes; some TPGs may offer restoration services, or many ancient collectors restore their finds. Basically just a fancy word for properly cleaning....
Looks like an acid coin
Yes, some have a prooflike appearance, though it would be difficult to get a TPG to attribute it as so unless particularly strong. They used 1964...
Wow that's rather interesting! I wonder how it got so worn.
The mint had a lot of issues in 1964-66 and in 1965 and (I think maybe 66) they also minted coins with the 64 date on it. Some of the dies were...
There are so many, that it might be more effective to learn in general what doubled dies and rpms, and any others, usually look like, and using a...
Hey. I'm not quite exactly sure what that is, but I don't believe it would be a prototype, or more accurately a pattern. Especially given the fact...
I think you're right to bring that up. I now actually think it's probably a struck through oil/grit.
Doesn't this mean that the die likely produced many more mule die clashes? Could there be more?
Middle looks like the India/Persia region. I have a similar looking one from the Delhi Sultanate. The left appears to be maybe a middle ages -...
Nice!
I would like to see the mint make a commemorative franklin half, the same design, in high relief clad. I think it'd be awesome.
1979 was the year many of the mint mark punches for Denver were damaged, therefore leaving the appearance of a split serif on the bottom left of...
Nice coins!
Maybe?
I agree. I'm alright with the stricter grading- less market inflation and flooding of high grade coins. I would buy a chopmarked coin. In fact, I...
That's actually the main reason I was asking, because I couldn't tell if it was more of a lamination or strike through.
So it is a collar clash per se, but I doubt it's of any value because if it can form with the commonality of a misaligned die.
I thought 1918 was the year
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