PR69DCAM is possibly the highest ever graded double struck mint error? I think the high grade, DCAM, and significant enough rotation to show two...
I can’t wait to see the TrueView images.
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The Fischerscope X-ray Xan 250 is a benchtop XRF instrument, not a handheld XRF. This is considered quantitative and highly accurate because each...
What was the analysis area in comparison to the size of the rolled in foreign material? I assume it would encompass a larger area then just the...
This coin is currently in process at PCGS. I just came across this article from 1999 when PCGS first introduced their mint errors program. The...
Hope you don't mind entertaining a slightly different theory....
1: There is another secondary crack on the obverse which hasn't yet fully propagated to the reverse. 2: Surface texture and changes in surface...
The different color looks like oxidized copper vs smeared un-oxidized copper
This is definitely an interesting case. It appears the fracture initiated on the obverse side and propagated towards the reverse side. This...
We don’t know when it fractured. It could have been 150 years ago or 50 years ago. The coin appears to be slightly bowed or curved with the...
Perhaps it was improperly heat treated prior to striking so the material was too hard and brittle. I am actually a metallurgist with over 9...
If it was crimped back together, then you should see a corresponding impression on the obverse which I do not see. Plus I don’t see how crimping...
Interesting. The gumball coin was originally found in 1976. If the most recent coins were from the 1960’s, then this 1943 copper cent would...
And OP's coin had been in his grandma's coin jar for how many decades?
At this rate, these coins will only be worth 4 figures instead of 6 in a couple years.
NGC just certified another 1943 copper cent earlier this year....
That may not be enough nowadays to authenticate the coin because of the newer Chinese counterfeits, but it must still pass those same four tests....
Walter Breen listed these four basic tests a genuine 1943 copper cent must pass: The coin must be non-magnetic. The coin must have the same...
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