I don't think the design and pairing of the dies had much to do with the appearance of the OP's coin. If dies were poorly designed, you likely...
If I have a favorite grading service when buying, it's a subconscious preference. I look for coins I need, and find myself looking first at the...
The copper layer is 20 microns thick. No matter . . . it’s the outer layer of the coin under greatest stress, so yes, annealing of the copper is...
Yes, they do. It’s not the zinc that work hardens . . . It’s the copper.
My thoughts? . . . The planchet was not annealed and subsequently washed before strike. The nearly complete preservation of the mill lines on...
I'm curious . . . why no grade assigned by NGC?
Very neat.
No contest in my mind . . . I've taken much more satisfaction from owning coins I came across far less frequently.
Thanks for the reminder . . . I'd forgotten that one. Great flick . . . I'll have to watch it again.
I should have assumed early reports would be unreliable. The three were not found together. No matter how they died, it is a crying shame....
Certainly unheralded by the public, as he was not one of the bubble gum pretty boys of Hollywood.
Gone is one of my favorite actors, Gene Hackman. Few details of how he, his wife and his dog passed. If I had to guess, carbon monoxide...
Definitely . . . Too many cases to cite. Premiums for OGH holders? . . . No, not necessarily. But the OGH holders definitely attract more...
I think you can watch them eat their own!
A mink?
Sorry, I look at coins, not holders . . . I didn't even notice that the coin is already graded MS64. When you referred to sliders, I assumed you...
I couldn't tell from your obverse photo, besides the fact you posted no reverse photo to go with it. The PCGS photos below make it evident to me...
Yes, but it wasn't a mint error . . . Someone else made the mistake of squashing a normally made penny.
It's the excessive circumferential (hoop) stress that causes tearing of the planchet and the telltale mushroom shape of large broadstrikes that...
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