Could you please remove the coins from the 2X2s and take close-up photos of the obverse and reverse of each coin? The '21 and '28 Peace Dollars...
No. Dates have not been hand-punched into working dies since 1908 and mintmarks have not been hand-punched into working dies since 1990.
Yep. Nothing to see here. Move along.
What is the correct amount of grease to use on the dies? (That's a rhetorical question.)
Definitely a damaged coin. The damage has destroyed any collector value.
Are you sure the copper-nickel is flaking off and not some surface contamination that is coming off?
Yep. Discoloration of some sort. Spend it.
Photos?
Lettered-edge Capped Bust Half Dollars were not struck in a collar. The blanks were run through a castaing machine which raised a rim and applied...
A picture is worth a thousand words. Please post good photos.
Greysheet VF-20 $440 XF-40 $445 AU-50 $480 (Closed 3)
Bingo!
I agree. That weight is not a red flag to me.
It looks like a knock-out from an electrical panel. Is is magnetic? Does it weigh 5.67 grams (correct weight of a clad quarter)?
Cool! I met Dan last week and bought one of the '75 Ikes plus another piece. I will post them later.
Thanks, Conder. I knew it was some South American country but I could not remember which one.
Yes. I can't recall where but a South American country uses the golden dollars and counterfeits have popped up.
This may come as a surprise to some of you but counterfeit £1 coins are a HUGE problem in England. The following quote is from Wikipedia These...
I would be interested to learn more details about this counterfeit coin operation, in particular how the fake coins were made (struck or cast),...
Thanks for sharing. So the second coin is cast. Was it common for Rome to cast many coins?
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