I didn't know the U.S. mints had metal intended for other countries. So someone had to screw up and feed the wrong metal. I should compare it...
Looks very much the same doesn't it? A bit more off-center, and in a different direction. And pricey, too, though it doesn't look as if they got...
Obviously, I haven't learned anything of significance! :p It's lucky I consider myself more a collector of damaged coins. I have accumulated...
I noticed this while looking for pennies for Ivan (requested in another part of this forum). Based on what I've learned, it looked like something...
I didn't expect anything different, BUT I knew if I didn't ask for confirmation, it meant I hadn't learned a lesson that I actually have. The...
This has a striated, V-shaped mark that obliterates the mint mark. I'm posting only the obverse view. I shot the reverse, too, but it isn't...
Thanks. Pitting does seem like the appropriate term, doesn't it? It has the appearance of having been eaten or nibbled away at.
I look at it and wonder how, exactly, it happened. This seemed a good time to make sure it didn't happen in some obscure, value-boosting way. :p...
I think this one is interesting because it's eaten away to the core in spots without whatever did it seeming to have damaged the remaining surface...
Both of those pictures show coins that appear dull. Is it relevant that the one in question is shiny, even in the affected area?
If only the coins could talk, huh? :D
Does anyone have theories on what would do the types of damage the top coins have? I've got pennies that are still flat, with much shallower...
I'm guessing it's still worth about a penny? I'd have to have something worth a significant number of dollars to consider it worth giving it up...
Overall, it would seem mint problems are much more subtle than other types of damages, and the incidents I'd expect to be the most abrasive to...
I'm sure it's damaged, but was sure the two cents you said were clips were the ones that didn't really have anything going on, too, so I won't let...
Heck, if the folks who do that stuff would put as much effort into actually EARNING money, they'd get further... "Educated" is the one thing my...
I believe you, but can't help wondering how one damages a coin like that without damaging the material it's clad with. I gather it's...
I'm guessing any of those millions who COULD give you $10 for it and knew they could turn it for thousands to another buyer would! Of course,...
Lincoln's hair is distorted or flattened. I'm not sure if the forehead is, too, or not. Whatever happened made a slight difference in the...
I guess I'm pretty ignorant about the chemicals that would do this kind of damage, too. Your remark about what kids will do reminds me of a...
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