The first error is a cud - as a matter of fact a very nice cud. This would be called an 'Athiest Cent' because the cud obliterates part of the...
Nickels are not plated. They are a uniform 75% copper / 25% nickel throughout.
Yeah, I would expect "two different unique pieces" to be, well, different.
You missed a few. Here, let me fix that for you. Yea, their are manney diffurent weighs too spell words.
Cool! That's definitely a low ball Ike. It's worth at least face value. I bet your local bank would give you $1 for it.
Come on, LC!! Don't you know there are "different" ways to spell words?? :cool:
He he he.
Wow!! Thanks for that interesting bit of info.
I'm not following you. Silver sulfide is a compound made by combining silver and sulphur (two parts silver to one part sulphur - Ag2S). If you...
The bear on the reverse is the first clue that the piece is not genuine. (That is IF that is a bear on the reverse. The photo is terribly out of...
Kasia did a good job of answering your question: To summarize, if you try to grade a coin with too much magnification: 1- You will be unable to...
Mintmarks were placed on the Master Hub in 1990/1991 (for Business Strikes) so that would preclude the possibility of an RPM on your 2003 coin.
That loupe will be fine for variety and error attribution but it will be next to useless for grading most coins. I would recommend a 3X or 5X for...
Same here. I'm glad to meet someone else who never saw that show.
I would say that the slab was simply mislabeled.
Yeah, it is unfortunate that we have more than one convention.
I'll see if I can explain it to you. In coin grading there are two words that start with 'P' that are used to describe a coin's condition: Poor...
In your first post all you said was you "have a 1862 confederate states of America coin" and you did not include photos. I knew the CSA produced a...
Matt, I did not make the connection that you are the seller. That is definitely a COOL piece. That's why I shared it here. Do you have any idea...
Do you have a cent or a half dollar? Photos would help. More than likely (approximately 99.9999742%) your coin is either a reproduction.
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