Start with what Valente said was missing: Add to that squared rims (the corners between the edge and rims will usually be square on a Proof coin...
You might get better photos if you took the coin out of the 2X2. Based on what I can see in your photos the coin may have been in a fire (or...
No, it is Coinstar's responsibility to take silver coins out of circulation. http://www.cointalk.com/t205174/
Melissa, Does your $2 1/2 coin have a mintmark? (Look for a small C, D, or O on the reverse just under the eagle.)
A picture is worth a thousand words.
However you do it what you are describing is Method #2 (above). I think your way would be fairly accurate (and get more accurate as the size of...
That is the way I always thought it was done but a few years ago an error "expert" told me the proper way to calculate percent off center was...
This came up in another thread and I thought it might be worthwhile to start a thread on the topic. There are two schools of thought as to how...
That's the way I used to think it was done but a few years ago I was informed by an error expert that you calculate the percentage off center by...
I think he meant "annealing". annul - to declare invalid anneal - a process using heating and cooling to soften metal Darn SpellCheck!! :yes:
See my post above. Definitely!
Definitely. How much? I don't know. You could search eBay for completed listings to get a general idea.
I agree. Another coin became stuck on the obverse die and became the defacto die. After a while that coin (which has become a cap on the die)...
Looks like an indent rather than a clip to me. I think a blank planchet came between your coin (before it was struck) and the dies so that when...
I have several different grading sets but each set is a grading set of one series (e.g., Morgan Dollars, Peace Dollars, Buffalo Nickels, Indian...
My grading sets are mixed dates and mintmarks.
I will allow it for now. (Note: I am not a judge. I learned that line from watching Perry Mason.)
bigbird, when you take the photo it will help if you avoid glare in the area of the anomaly.
Yet another example: Home invaders make off with $200,000 in rare coins
bigbird, If the planchet was centered in the collar but one of the dies was off-center when the coin was struck we call that a MAD (misaligned...
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