Any chance you could post photos so we can see what you are talking about?
By "pressed" do you mean "struck"?
The odds of Jimmy Carter :D dying are directly proportional to the likelihood of the Killer Rabbit catching up to him again. The Attack of the...
I wondered how these coin rings were made and now I know thanks to this video. Making Coin Rings!
Yep, looks like legit clashed dies. I don't know. Better photos would help. Nickels are not plated. They are a uniform (homogenous) 75% copper...
The AU-58 will be a beautiful coin with very slight wear and the MS-60 will be butt ugly with no wear.
Yes, you are correct. The US Mint does not gold-plate their coins.
1- What is the weight of the coin? 2- Is it attracted to a magnet?
It may have been used to replace a blown fuse. (Been there. Done that.) Enough current flowing through a bronze cent might cause some melting.
Yep, a classic "squeeze job".
Wow!
2004-P what? Are we looking at a cent, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, a half, a dollar? A good photo of the entire coin would be nice.
I am not gonna answer that because the second choice is not even a possibility.
That's a great find. I have never found one (and I lived in Colorado up until three weeks ago).
Or (more likely) simply burned in a fire. There was a small air bubble inside the coin that built up pressure as the coin was heated. When the...
Looks like glue on the '74. Acetone should remove that.
Cool stuff. The Trade Dollar looks better than most fake Trade Dollars.
Will do. Not much to show at the moment. I will start the thread when we finish the interior demo. I think the photos of taking off the roof and...
I have a camera but it is not suitable for close-up photos of coins. If anyone is interested in the rebuild I can start a thread and post photos...
Offhand I would say about ten cents.
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