Hi Mountain girl, and Jeffery , both of the situations are same cause. Both of the coins are approx. 90 % copper with usually zinc making up Zinc...
I believe it is upright and the correct mm. but very worn/flattened. The upper loop is ovoid and the bottom is more rounded. Wexlers and Flynn...
You can check patent applications, but if it was thought it would work, some coin grading company would have already bought the patent and would...
Die deterioration is my opinion. A DD should have close to the same height for each. The first is a 1936 DDO ( several exist for that year). Also...
I agree with John, I think that the grading in the late 1980 was based on accuracy of actual condition whereas now grading is determined more by...
You can see the rims are worn like the obverse face, so it was most likely press against something rotating such as in a dryer drum ( common) to...
OK, Ill remember the next time it looks like rain :) Jim
On purpose, I would use a dental grinder head followed by a dental ceramic tip. Jim
I am only seeing some machine doubling on the obverse die ( quite used). Jim
Corgi, its not a rabbit, its a Camel who dropped its carriage that chopped off a rear leg at the knee. Rabbits are wimpy things:)
Almost all of us have been through similar learning situations. It is multiple times easier to see ( due to angles of light hitting the coin)...
Just a suggestion, no disrespect intended. You have the coin in hand, we see the photos on a video screen from as small as a cell-phone to that of...
One way to get some knowledge of fakes is to look on Alibaba.com or Temu.com and search coins for sale. A $1.50 coin for an 1888 Morgan dollar can...
Before we get excited new members, let us remember that the weight isn't just static. The mint recognizes this as they do not want to adjust every...
Well, 65 years ago in HS shop , we used permanent ink ( seemed always black back then) to write our initials and chair #on copper tubing and put...
Sorry, this threw me off. Jim
It is not a DDO. This was the year the US entered WW2 Most available men were drafted, metal could not be waste on anything other than War. The...
Perhaps possible residue from thin copper plating to sell, that eventually most of it wore off in the 80 years. Jim
Wheelz, Since all you show are 1943 cents, which were made as steel with a zinc outer plating. And since there was no copper 1943 cents,...
100% acetone, evaporates 100%, entirely. As said above, add water and you really mess things up. The idea that acetone alters copper coloration is...
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