Not necessarily. A clipped planchet occurs when the blank is punched out (not when the coin is struck) and it is considered an error.
Where do you see doubling or are just taking a shot in the dark that it might be a doubleD die reverse?
If it is an RPM (which we cannot tell without better, close-up photos) it would be a variety, not an error.
I'm not so sure English is his first language.
The Coinage Act of 1857 outlawed the use of foreign coins in the US. I don't know how stringently the US enforced that law in California but using...
I have been collecting coins for 49 years and for all these years coins that I (and every other coin collector) thought were uncirculated are...
Do you have the money to pay for this coin? I don't mean will you have the money to pay for the coin at some later date. Do you have the money to...
Definitedly not a die cap. Completely different animal. And not a "washing machine coin" either. (That's a new one on me.) As others have stated...
1883 was a Proof-only year for Trade Dollars making it an easy call. It was probably a pocket piece. The premium on Proof coins back then was...
Apparently you do not understand the minting process. Planchets are washed and dried before they are struck into coins. The Mint does not rinse...
What you have found is a very nice large cud. The reason part of the reverse did not strike up is part of the obverse die broke off (which caused...
Please let us know what the grading service says about the fingerprint. (Prepare yourself to be disappointed that what you have is a common coin...
Wow!! They must be good. I have never heard of counterfeit notes selling for that much.
Sorry but it is not a genuine 3-Leg. None of the markers of a genuine coin are there. The hind-most leg of the buffalo should look moth-eaten. (It...
No. Proof refers to the method of manufacture. A Proof coin is struck multiple times by highly-polished dies on polished planchets and are handled...
You should read The Art Of Making Money. Art Williams made incredibly good $100 bills when the new "Big Head" notes with anti-counterfeiting...
Counterfeit coins and currency intrigue me. I found this article interesting. $1.1 Million in Fake Bills, Using a Printer
Classic Cold War spy stuff here with a cool numismatic connection. How a Nickel and a Paperboy Brought Down A Cold War Spy
Are you saying that if you ordered a 2013 MS-70 ASE you would actually receive a 2010 or 2012 MS-70 ASE in a holder labled as a 2013 ASE?
Sorry. I missed that part.
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