I purchased this from another CT member, @John Anthony, who mainly deals in ancients. I must say that it is a pleasure doing business with him....
Thanks! I also came up with 498, after trying to match the letters with an online list of ancient Greek numbers, but as you say the lettering is...
...will be fun. I’ll post post-acetone photos once it sold for a bit. Any thoughts on the missing letters would be appreciated. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
i was looking at coins of and reading about Hugh the Great and the other following Hughes..
That's a Really. Solid. Example, @ominus1. I don't have pics of mine of Orleans from the same reign ...and compared to yours, no one's missing a...
I do see what you mean, but looking at the two photos together, repeatedly and as carefully as possible, I am pretty sure that the apparent...
No, they can start to have value as soon as any letters or devises are missing. Value increases the more it's off.
Hey everyone. I came across this 2021 Delaware Quarter and saw this. Just wondering if this is common/nothing. I know the letters M [ATTACH] and G...
My new order of Perth Mint 2022 Silver 1 oz. Kangaroos came in the other day, and I was so thrilled. They looked beautiful! This was my first of...
Looks XF40 to me. Luster seems missing. gunk in corner of letters.
To add on what Fred said coins are minted not stamped,paper money and coins are two whole different processes.
Sounds like your 1980-D dime has two letters missing due to a 'filled die' (grease or machinery oil, etc.) - this is a common error type and...
Just curious, my mother in law has a 1980 D Dime that is prefect all around except for where the word DIME is, it's missing the letters "IM"....
That wasn't my point at all. The example you posted is off-center, but the legends are complete on the portion that's on the flan on each side....
I don't have an opinion about this coin. The one below is a condemned fake struck from copy dies made from a coin that was on small flan missing...
was just talking about this in another reply to my post. so, let's go with grease. because it occurs in multiple years (I haven't checked mints...
Nothing. Those faint images are from a worn die.
I don't see anything on the OP coin that looks like the examples in the reference. There are full faint images of the letters below the design...
If you are referring to the missing letters on the reverse of the 1st two pics of your coins, I would tend to believe they were greasers (grease...
Until you pointed out the missing parts on Monticello, I would have also said it was just worn from looking at the letters. This is most curious....
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