Sorry about your accident, been there done that, it's tough. Coins are a great way to keep occupied and stay sane. Your coin just doesn't match...
Sorry, yours doesn't match the coppercoins pictures.
Definitely post mint damage. One doesn't have to work on machines at the mint to understand the minting process.
@Collecting Nut , are you going to keep collecting Connecticuts? I am hoping to at least get to 50 varieties, I am at 44 now.
I think that is just glue on the coin and an impression where a dime was stuck to it.
Ah, this is what makes them interesting. I find modern coinage so boring with exact known mintages, who designed and minted them, precise grading...
Depends on who you mean by "they". The US mint had nothing to do with gold plating bicentennial coins, but private companies plated them after...
Welcome to the forum. Yes, sounds like a rotated die. Any value would depend on how much it is off. If it is only slightly there would be little...
I believe the attribution is correct. While the bend and clip are distracting, this is a nice example of an R6 variety.
Connecticut actually, although this like most of the 1788 varieties was minted at Machin's mill in Newburgh NY. 4.1-K is currently listed as an...
5.7 is the obverse die variety and O.2 is the reverse die. It is not at all unusual to find these coins with bends. Also not unusual to find one...
I also collect Colonial coins. With the primitive minting conditions errors are pretty common. Many collectors, myself included, would rather...
Sorry to say, just circulation damage. Welcome to the forum though.
Well worn normal wheat cent. It is normal as dies are used to pick up small chips, and wear. If you look close enough every coin is a little...
The reason for the weight is the corrosion has removed some of the metal.
Ha, love the Alunimum spelling on the slab!
Stephen, can you post a larger picture?
There are over 350 varieties for the whole span of Connecticut coppers. I was collecting them for several years by die variety, but I have kind...
You may be correct in your attribution, but I didn't have too much time to check. There are actually 241 varieties of 1787, some with very minor...
OK, explain how it could happen in the minting process.
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