As I noted above, there are tons of 1960-D coins with the same raised line of metal along the tops of particularly the Ts and E. It may look like...
The sciencey stuff from the PETRA FLAVUM one is here https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-quartermaster-rides-again.399200/ but that was three...
So I was right, or I wasn't. As well as lots of others. " 92 Cleaning Holdered Surface damage due to any form of abrasive cleaning. "Cleaned"...
At first I was thinking a combination of MD and "ejection doubling", what I've been calling the thin raised lip of metal usually at the tops of...
"PETRA FLAVUM" = yellow rock = Yellowstone.
Wow, that coin box is something else!
Actually I think that's the result of a very weak strike there that didn't eliminate lines on the planchet, or perhaps die polish. Here's one on...
I like what you did in that situation. My daughter has an allergic reaction to "dad" getting involved in her business though, so it's a fine line....
Hard to say how common, but keep in mind it's a grading factory. They don't spend a ton of time obsessing over a single coin. Your first and...
I think the difference in perspectives is being in it to make money versus being in it to collect coins. Otherwise how does one come up with the...
Sometimes these motivations aren't strictly financial. My profile image was my only crack-out game (not sure how much of a game though since I've...
AU Details - Polished just to be different.
Most of the time maybe, but not "only." Here's an 1892 dime with the O in One Dime clashed below the ear. I can also show my 1946 Canada dollar...
Such a curious comment. How can a coin have a "cheaper feel" just because of whose plastic it's in? i.e. are you buying coins or plastic?
Gosh, I just looked at the pics again and she did an amazing job. The holes are almost entirely P mint and we almost never see those out west.
These are both insightful thoughts, but she will never live at home again, so the option is to put it out somewhere obvious for her to see at...
She worked food trucks during the summer for a couple years so she had access to a lot of quarters. I hid it back in the pile of her books in case...
Why are kids so secretive sometimes? We installed new carpet and had to empty out everything downstairs including the kids' bedrooms. Putting...
There's a nice die crack through UNITED out to the rim as well. It's always fun finding new things about a coin you've had for a long time. It's...
Hmm, I'm not so sure that it passed the AT test then. I'm not sure if a TPG lists everything if it's Details, just the worst offender. Somebody...
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