Type 1. The 2 rounded openings of the S is the indicator of type 1. Type 2 the holes have some call a tail ( comet shaped ) openings. Jim
No, it isn't 001. Compare your "U" with this photo from Coppercoins.com...
I suggest this thread gets back to coinage or all might be flushed. It bordered on poorness in the beginning and if has turned to such, with no...
I think it was removed after mint. Note the lines in the area that extend onto the rim. Someone could be using jewelers tools for practice in...
I can see a dozen mint workers scratching out the old date and then restrike them rather than melting down the scrapped and damaged coins....
I think that some are being rather polite as we have no idea how much you can spend to take photos detailed enough for identification as to mint...
Does not the common pre-64 silver coins sell by the oz ? Sure not a variety dime, but a 1960D common dime? This current one is just an uncommon...
No matter how much makeup the flippers are putting on this it is still bullion, and will always be bullion. If the commercial flippers are selling...
If you really want to get a patina, buy a fresh kidney , stab it with a knife and slide a bright cent in and bake @ 375 for 1 hour, allow to cool,...
Personally , I hope some one buys it. Almost as good as pushing Alice down the rabbit hole. Jim
Please read some science before experimenting. Acid REMOVES toning back to bare metal. Then the bare metals reacts with environmental chemicals...
P.T. Barnum is probably trying to dig out of his grave at Mt. Grove cemetery to work at the mint.
If you don't commonly lose such items I would refer you to Amazon....
It has the first look of a fake. Have a dealer take a look at it and if he doesn't want to deal desperately, its a fake. I would send it to ANACs...
Purewater, Yes, it is best to start a thread so you will know the responses are for you. Go to forums index, choose the one you think is best for...
The mint is probably sorry it didn't keep the old dies and not deface most. 1922 no-D anyone, 1914D coming right up, hey , how about a 1914D wide...
For mint products and/or TPG grading, follow the money.
Furry, was that a recently obtained box? I only see new rolls of Zincolns or very little actual varieties. I still need one of the 72'...
I apologized in honesty and that is it as far as I am concerned. I realize you have a problem with me, so be it if you wish, but it will not...
This just popped up, from Coin World. https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/limited-edition-silver-american-eagle-sells-out-in-less-than-20-minutes
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