The 89 might appear different from the other half dollars you got. The mint change to a lower profile in the late 80's, 90's to today compared to...
4/13/1976 is probably the release date of the "new" 2 dollar notes. your Dad probably got the note from the bank that day and went over to the PO...
Amazing find Marc .... For those who don't know what a wounded eagle is, its a loose term for a die gouge used by variety collectors for this...
Very Nice !!!! I think they are worth at least 100 each of course it depends if there are buyers around. I see on ebay there is a bid for $179...
Nice that you look for them !!!! They are so easy to over look when you see wheat cents and over look an expensive coins like the 1999 Wide AM...
Do you look for any varieties ? That is where the hard to find ones lie but is worth looking. I found a 1999 wide am this past month and not in...
Nice !!!! - No luck here in the Syracuse area for myself. I heard from other searchers that a group of new quarters might have the last design...
The odds of finding a wide rim is about 1-5% which is not too bad. Or that is what I have come across. That is just for 1979 P's not all for all...
Nice - welcome to the 1994 DDR Club !!! I found mine over 10 yrs ago penny searching and cost over 10 to get it shipped and graded with others...
here is the original article back in 2007 from Coinworld [ATTACH]
All 1989's where debunked by Dr. James Wiles of CONECA claiming they are RDV-005 back in 2007 plus the font looks correct anyways
Look like a wire wheel was the culprit trying get get off the crud
Collecting Nut - here is a 3 part article on 1965 coins by David Lange at NGC here is a link to the first part...
Sometimes coins buried in the ground or in a water environment (fountain?) turn color and get a thinner copper core from the acidic ground/water -...
I heard that some 1965 pennies minted at Denver- can be distinguished by someone at the Denver mint who placed an extra dot(double dot) next to...
Dennis -with why there were 2 types - the mint probably made a certain amount of the 99 version and changed the dies to make the total amount that...
Sure looks like it to me - nice find !!!!! here is a PCGS pic of a nice one for everyone to see - to show it's not MD
Most likely coated with Mercury. Every so often you see pennies on here with the same condition -silver looking. Heard that you get some mercury...
"D" looks too high to me here is photos of the 4 "D" locations https://www.cointalk.com/threads/data-1916-d-test-your-authentication-powers.101697/
cool - a Forth Worth Dollar !!!! :woot:
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