If I was wanting to start a coin grading company that could be respected and valued. I would post in the for sale forum specific coin photo and...
It is die deterioration doubling, where the die was overused and hammered so much that the die eventual flatten and the design pushed outward. So...
Yes, The club was looking for a way to participate with an afflicted group of 10 young members with problems. They understood numbers and years....
I like the Girl Scouts cookies Drive. They snagged me at Lowes. Lowes only has 1 very full step.
Yes, that is what you see with Die deterioration, as the dies today usually last around a million coins, slowly flattening them out, extending the...
The main thing is it doesn't look like this. [ATTACH] You can find fakes on a few foreign suppliers, but most are the very common Die...
Yes, I do have one of these DD myself, black arrow indicating such to me. However the top of the 3 doesn't seem to me as such on the presented...
Well, I still think it is die deterioration doubling as per the first several photos. The 63D Rick mentions I do not believe is the same die as...
To me it looks like it was removed from from a jewelry pendant holder. Still a great looking coin. Jim
Sorry, but it appears as die deterioration ( due to mainly overuse flattening and pushing the raised areas towards the perimeter). Notice how the...
The dies for this were used far too many times. The circular lettering is up to or actually touching the edge, distorting the surrounding...
Several years ago there was an article about the U.S. Mint using an ultrasound speed measuring device that would use a velocity about 3240m/s *...
Surrounding the Whizzing Island.
Seems all shown above are from die deterioration. Here is a true one I purchased on 1970 for the huge amount (then) of $100 ( a weeks teaching...
Sure looks familiar !! :) Jim
How many millions of collectors will think the old date addition is is an error and worth big bucks on ebay , etsy, or here? ....but I am sure we...
Willy, Imagine your family are all coming for dinner and you run out to buy a new sealed box of plates and when you open the box and stack them...
It appears like damage from trying, or succeeding for a while, to attach a "pinning" device on the back which I tried about 70 years ago with a...
Likely, when found on various " coins varieties sites" that it was the 3rd different variation found and so it was given the "-003" at the end....
Oh my, I am so happy I am no longer a moderator !!!!!!!!!!
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