Pareidolia - the tendency of one's brain to interpret random marks or patterns as something familiar. In this case, your brain interpreted stray...
Spender.
Can't see anything for the glare. Can you get a good photo without the glare (and maybe orient the photos correctly)?
PMD both sides. The two areas of damage generally correspond with one another so the coin got smashed between two things.
Yes, it is post-mint damage. Some coin banks stored coins in a tube-like device with one end that screwed down to hold the coins. The screw end...
If your statement is true that would mean there are more examples just like this one (because other coins would have been struck by this die with...
Could be Longacre doubling. And I agree with rzage - it is not a Proof.
Where could I obtain one of the silver dollars that was struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1949?
Does not look like a die chip. Instead it looks like something hit the coin and displaced a little metal. So PMD.
That was my first thought. Their numbering system is centered on the Temple (if I remember correctly).
I wouldn't call that a cud because, even though it includes the rim, it does not extend into the field.
Another thing you can do at a coin show to help you hone your grading skills for free is to hide the grade on slabs when you pick them up (e.g.,...
Perhaps you did not notice but this thread is four months old and the OP has not returned to CoinTalk since 9-28-12 (12 days after the started...
I'm sure you have tested it with a magnet and confirmed that it does indeed stick to the magnet (like anyone knows a steel cent will do).
I would suggest that you pass on that opportunity and others like it.
1- The "high grade" coins are, in general, a better strike, less marks and better eye appeal. I opted for the "high grade" 1931-S Standing Liberty...
Did you find them in the parking lot?
I have had the pleasure of visiting Dan Carr's Moonlight Mint and actually striking medals on his coin press. I have purchased some of Dan's...
I say this in an attempt to be helpful, not critical, but I have noticed that a large percentage of your threads are entitled "Question" or...
It's hard to tell whether someone dripped solder onto the coin before or after they took a Brillo pad to it.
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