I believe you are seeing the designers initials. GR for Gilroy Roberts.
Normal close AM cent.
Really just looks like the A got dinged to me.
I am certainly no expert but I don't like the looks of it at all. Kind of rough surfaces and small bumps, the strike is very odd for a flying...
I am a big fan of the Rosa coins, it appears to be a penny I believe? Syd Martin wrote a book on them, great for attribution but yours might be a...
He had several threads on this same coin, and I and several others did point it out but he refused to answer how this could come about.
If it is steel, then it can't be struck over a Buffalo nickel because there were no steel planchets until 1943.
What are you seeing that makes you feel they are worth the money?
Be sure to post your results!
I would go with either the Minelab Vanquish line or Equinox. Depending how much you want to tinker. The Equinox has more adjustability, if that...
I've only got one, but I find them fascinating.
Let's take it a step farther back, the "d" used for penny in the nail sizes goes back to the Roman denarius.
Best bet is to post pictures and the weight. Odds are that it is environmental damage as explained in this thread.
They were very heavily minted. When I was a kid in the late 60's early 70's I had a book of magic tricks. One of the tricks was to have someone...
No that is just a zinc blister.
Great news, thanks for the follow up.
Blurry, but looks like heat damage. I think I see the surface bubbled up.
I may be a; moron but I know that Washington died a little over 221 years ago, not 250.
Might it be some kind of strike through? I think if it was scraped it would be through to the zinc core.
The dime is a miniature, novelty item, not real. As far as doubling, real doubling is not always a doubled die. In fact there are likely...
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