I gues you lost me. How can it look like a SF coin from the front? On older nickels, the S would be where you describe. Not sure if they made S...
Post-mint (privately counterstamped) commemorative, 20 years since his election (elected 1960, 20th anniv was 1980. They show up with all kinds...
Thanks for the additional photos. (They were all good shots, BTW). I now see the REAL effect on the reverse - the first photo had me convinced...
They were officially recalled by the US and presumably melted, but why deface them them first? I think the jewelry explanation is better. I...
OK, guys, I'll play Devil's Advocate on this one. At first glance I thought it was a great looking error coin, but after the ebay auction...
Nice in theory, but ignores reality. There are many countries in the world that use ONLY paper money. I was in Slovenia, and I had to ask many...
They actually look nice when the are ciruclated. No doubt the ugly ones you see are ones that got handled and then sat around. If they get...
Seated Libs are being heavily counterfeited in Asia, although usually they are the cast variety which would not fool an experienced collector.
While we're here, let's add that Proof is a method of minting (as mentioned previoulsy), not a condition. A proof coin can be circulated and...
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