Your photos are not the best but it looks like a normal business strike that has seen little to no circulation until lately.
I am thankful this thread does not include a contest.
That is something special. Having one or the other is certainly interesting but having the two together is great. Congrats on your super cool set.
Very nice. I see that on the second (off center) strike the reverse of your token was partially over an unstruck planchet (which caused the...
It has been butchered. Spend it.
Classic squeeze job. Your coin was sandwiched between two other coins and squeezed. That is why the details from the other coins are incuse and...
Yes, very nice coin.
Try it now. edit. I thought you meant MY link was dead.
I take it this is the coin that was featured in this thread: I have a bad feeling it's gone.
Nah, I better bite my tongue.
Based on those results I think you should start on learning the difference between circulated and uncirculated; you need to learn what to look for...
If I discovered a treasure like that I certainly would not broadcast it to the world (for a number of reasons).
A Hennings Nickel is worth a great deal more than the genuine coin. Many contemporary counterfeit CBHs are worth more than the genuine coin. I am...
You don't have to actively collect coins or even own coins to be a contributing member here. Hope you stick around.
Heat does affect both sides but the effects of an expanding air bubble in the coin can differ from one side to the other. Correct. Suppose a...
SNL was great the first couple of seasons. It really went downhill after that. I use Gilda's line (It's always something.) fairly regularly...
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Gold Indian $2-1/2 and $5 are HEAVILY counterfeited. Some of the counterfeits are so good that, even with the coin in hand, they are hard to...
Yes, that looks like a nice die crack through the bottom of the bust through 'ER' of QUARTER to the rim. Nice find! I doubt that die struck many...
Silver is vibrating? Maybe it is out of balance.
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