Looks like a plating crack to me. I've seen a lot of the post 1982 copper coated zinc pennys with cracks in the plating around the edges of...
It's the state parks Denali, not alaska
In a perfect world, it would of been a mistake. But, sad to say, it could have been intentional. This was before the anonymity of Ebay, so most...
Too much damage. Most full steps will be mint state at least. It'd come back and you'd just be wasting your money imo
Just to set things straight, it's the 1855 large cent, not 1955.
and just as a reference, pretty 82s weigh 3.11 and post 82s weigh 2.5, with 82s being a mix. 1982 is the year they switched to copper coated zinc
Are there 2 punch marks on the reverse? Plus, if it was used in jewelry, it could be silver solder that was used to attach it, and that would have...
Might I ask what you've been teaching for 30 years?
Weigh it. That will tell you if it is a planchet issue. If it is from the end of a sheet that was tapered, it will weigh less than normal
Here is a list of thai numbers [IMG] and here is your coin with the date highlighted. The part underlined in blue is the BE that usually...
Thailand 10 Baht BE2539 (1996) Y# 277 The date might be slightly off, but they were issued stating in 1988 until current.
Since that is a scan, try increasing the DPI and cropping the part you want us to see. enlargeing it in a paint program will just pixilate it and...
I agree with Condor. A plating bubble will have no added value
Can't really tell from those pics, but it may be DDO-3 http://www.lincolncentresource.com/doubledies/1972ddo3.html
And the pictures are blurry, but in my opinion based on what I see (or don't see), this is not a DDO. Again, see link....
Die Chatter is another name for Machine Doubling or Strike Doubling. See the link. http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/StrikeDoublingFlyer-PDF.pdf
And it is japanese, it's a 10 sen, Y# 45
read it backwards, =+ is 12, and += is 20. So the coin is year 12, 1923
Actually, it's the R. S. Yoeman numbers that sre just used by Krause. They are from Yoeman's "Modern World Coins" and "Current Coins of the World".
Krause has it as a Y# 45
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