Nope, die deterioration doubling and maybe a little MD as well. You need a magnified image to even see it.
Damaged coin, PMD, that someone tried a science experiment on to plate or dip it with maybe gold wash. Most of the wash has worn away.
It doesn't look like a D/C to me. Is it incuse(recessed)? I've never seen a D/C that randomly appears in the middle of the field. They start at...
Yes, cleaned or polished plus the lighting/photo angles.
FINALLY, with the last '55, a TRUE D/D, and not MD, or deterioration, or other worthless doublings. Nice Zoid!.
All of them are descriptions for people who can't see, but believe everything written. They deserve to be taken to the cleaners, both of them ......
Can you show the right foot of the bear. There are fakes that are known as "camel-toed" toonies that are Chinese fakes and that may be one. Even...
I don't understand micrscope pics of US pocket change
Yep, look like physically ground down on purpose. To make a shim?
It looks like a gold fleck attached to a piece of quartz
This is my favorite design and it's my icon for my coin sites.... a France 1790 5 soles [ATTACH]
In case others haven't heard of Sid Belzberg and the collection that he and his wife auctioned, here is one of the stories. The photo was just...
I find it very improbable that they struck coins using ammo . The ammo casings were melted down to make more ammo then. To me, the coins looked...
I'm surprised that few took the chance to comment on a coin that was in both the Belzberg and Norweb collections. You just don't see coins with a...
Wow Panzer! You have 2 of the most noted numismatists in Canadian history on your coin. Congrats! Here is a photo of our old collecting gang...
Great clashes! You should create an averlay of the Reverse over the Obverse to show folks how it looks and where they came from.
Here is the link to the sites/sources noted above. Read the article and, at the bottom, ar 3-4 links that show and explain great examples of...
62 What's GTG?
I had a friend that was a senior grader and he said that the initial grader for every coin is 14 secs or less, recorded, then passed along to the...
Canada coins were great until the mint started putting out crapolla that comemmorated anything that walked, could be read about in a book, written...
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