Nice Find Sheila!
Well ya learn something new everyday! As for oldest error coin? While the coin below is not the oldest, it IS the one I'm most proud of since it...
Minor correction here. ALL 40% Silver Coins produced by the US Mint consisted of 80%Silver/20% Copper CLADDING over 20% Silver/80% Copper cores.
Thanks.
AND, I need to state that these quick sell out's created an overly inflated Market which survived up until 2008 after the HH Limits were imposed....
My post was intended to illustrate that no matter how many times someone says it isn't a duck, it's still a duck. Often times, folks come onto...
I'll buy it for a nickel as longas you pay the shipping! Send your paypal address.
Amazing find!
A "Sweet Wheat Treat?"
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I don't think so Rick. Just my opinion.
Envious? Seriously? You're being Serious? Envious? [ATTACH] There's really nothing to be envious of and I can see now why you're fishing...
I have Eisenhower Dollars that look exactly the same way and I know for a fact that they are not silver. I have a 1999 Roosy that also looks...
Well thats kinda silly. As an SP66, the coin has a maximum value of $11. If it were 90% silver (which it isn't) it would be worth a grand or...
Without reading the entire thread, I too believe that what is being seen is the gasket. I feel confident that the OP is looking at the gasket...
Look closer as the striations exist on both obverse and reverse of the OP's coin. Lots of corrosion on the reverse but they can be seen running...
Hey! That was my coin! It's uniqueness was that it was struck on a Copper-Nickel planchet whgen it should have been struck on a 40% Silver...
No. Those are striations which occur during the blanking process. Quite common on some of these but, as with any IKE, the higher the grade the...
The really weird thing about this suit was that one of the Coin Doctors was a founding member of PCGS. Silvano DiGenova
Dammit! 8 Years Old? I should know better!
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