If it matches the others in this post then yes it is. Can you post a picture?
Oh they definitely do sometimes sell for more. I admit I am a cheapskate and will search for quite a while to get what I want at a good price....
It's a 2b. I wouldn't bother slabbing, it is one of the most common varieties. I love these coins but they really don't seem to sell for much....
Just novelty value, they were not minted like this. They were made from two coins by private companies.
Looks like the start of zinc corrosion to me. The copper plating often splits at the mint mark exposing the zinc.
It's a Maris 48-g, a very common variety. It's hard to put a value on it, I have bought common ones for under $20, but $40 or so is probably more...
I think over magnification is just making the small surface anomalies stand out.
Hard to say how affordable it is until you see what it sells for!
It's a 1982 small date, did you have a question about it?
Those are not die polishing lines, they are scratches from the coin being harshly cleaned.
Definitely ask whatever comes to mind. I've been collecting for over fifty years now and still have lots of questions!
To further clarify, or muddy it even more, even on the same denomination you can't really go by the location of the star, lettering or other...
No idea, I don't know anything about the process. Most colonial collectors seem to prefer their coins raw. The only Connecticut I had in a slab...
It would only be worth $6 in very high grade. Yours is very low grade, worth one cent.
It is a 16.3-N. R2 is the rarity of this variety, which means there are between 501 and 1250 known of this variety. It really is a nice coin.
It is an R2 which is 501-1250 known. Variety really only matters to variety collectors. When there are more collectors looking for a particular...
This was in reference to the seller of the fake 1944 steel on ebay, I should have been more specific.
Common variety, but very nice condition!
I see he has sold fake 1909 s vdb cents as novelty coins as well.
Yep, if it has passed all those tests, the next step is to have it certified.
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