Picked up this nice old copper with a tiny cud at 12:30 on the obverse. It has an old cleaning, but otherwise a nice circulated coin.[ATTACH]...
Looks like someone hit it with a meat tenderizer mallet. Someone was very bored and crushed the life out of this poor cent.
The mint used to put these in with the Unc sets. Cool find. Here is an image of the 1990 set. see the medallion in the upper right of the...
I fount this info with a web search: Honolulu Mint Bishop Street Holdings LLC 858 12th Avenue Honolulu, HI 96816 Phone: (808) 488-8215 Web:...
Should be a fun set to put together. Some expensive/ hard to get years involved.
I think I said the holder in the OP was aftermarket. The original mint sets were in cellophane. Sorry if I was not clear. Mint products have...
I have heard the term before and I think it refers to a set of coins put together from coins obtained from the bank. Not sure about that.
These coins were placed in the holder after they left the mint. It is likely they could have been dinged around when they were removed from the...
What Kentucky said. The dime has environmental damage. The dark color and surface damage indicate (to me) that the coin spent some time on or in...
You are welcome. People do strange things to coins, so it is not unusual to find odd looking coins.
Welcome to Coin Talk. The Obverse of the coin has been ground down. It is post mint damage. Someone was likely going to use the dime as a button...
You can get the Whitman Album type collection 20th and 21st Century Album. $24.95 from Whitman Publishing. ....
Very nice FE. Good addition to your collection.
I agree with the G - VG range with details. Still a nice coin, I like it.
Yes. There are tons of dateless Buffalo Nickels that are Type 2 where there is virtually no way to date them. The OP coin unfortunately has wear...
The design changes mid-1913 to place the bison on a flat plain. That design on the reverse continued from mid 1913 until the end of the design in...
It is very clearly a mound on the reverse.
Welcome to Coin Talk. The Buffalo Nickel (Indian Head nickel) is a 1913 Type 1. Worth a little bit, maybe a dollar or two at most in that...
Picked up this beauty (I like it anyway) a few days ago. 1846 Small Date (most common of the 1846 date varieties). A few dings, but still looking...
Welcome to Coin Talk. A picture of both sides of the coin would be helpful. I agree with what Chris said above.
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