That's a nice St. Patrick halfpenny, the splasher really shows up on it.
We all have our own ways and preferences, that's what keeps things interesting! Thanks again for sharing.
I initially got a higher grade Connecticut type coin, but when I drifted off into varieties, I tried to get better ones, but sometimes there...
Very nice! This is the opposite end of the spectrum, this coin is worn, scratched and cleaned, but one of only 8 currently known. It's a...
Thank you for your insight. The Cohen hoard of Virginia halfpennies, and the Bank of New York keg of Fugios provided a pretty good supply of high...
You certainly have to be prepared to make concessions when it comes to colonials. They definitely aren’t the kind of coins you insist on ms70’s!...
I hope I'm wrong, but boy it has the look of a cast piece to me.
It's a die chip. They can take many forms and shapes, how "jagged" they are can depend on how many coins were struck after the die chipped. As...
It's a halfpenny, the variety is 2.1-B.1 which is a relatively common variety as these coins go, though I wouldn't really call any of them common,...
I feel your pain, I have a new detector, the ground is frozen, and my Spring work schedule looks absolutely ridiculous! I don't see a lot of...
Keep us informed!
The little ridge on the rim near the date is part of the misalignment.
The question was where would a "copper plated" silver planchet come from. The mint certainly never used them. No way for that to happen.
No, absolutely no chance. Where would a copper clad silver planchet come from? It is a completely normal copper plated zinc cent.
It weighs more because it is thicker, the coin was struck from a slightly thick planchet. Just as coins struck from thin planchets will be lighter.
Maybe errors just aren't your thing. There are other ways to collect coins, maybe pick a series and work on a date and mintmark set.
Nice! I finally found my first flying eagle last year, no hole but even worse shape than yours otherwise!
I've found 2 in Pennsylvania!
I guess I have to admit defeat, that one is too far gone to ID from the pictures. Good thing about Connecticuts though, if you want a better...
It's not a Hercules head. If you are trying to identify using the Red book, bare in mind, they only show a few of the more prominent varieties....
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