Well, I will go to work with a laugh in my heart.
No need , Jim.
If condition from birth, mint error,,,,if condition afterwards, post mint damage ( anthropomorphically speaking) :) Jim
[IMG] [IMG] Look at the base of the 2, and the 8 top loop. Almost circular in small date,oval in large date....
A larger photo would show better, but it appears to be a large date. Look here and use your lens....
It is rather small to see much detail, But is not #1 and doesn't look like #2, or #3 either. I suspect machine doubling. Sorry. I used...
I think you meant $1000 , Jim
I saw one today when I was getting the Amazon site, but no. I do still have my Mettler H30 that I rebuilt when the lab was going digital and...
Copper is slightly harder than silver or lead, so maybe it was scraped hard by a silver coin or a piece of lead. Not a mint problem. Maybe a...
Thanks Pete. I wish they would put it in law if that is true, I thought they just kept the .13 in law , so they would have more fudge room on the...
It does not look like a RPM to me. Draw or photocopy 2 images of the "S" for that year(s) from a reference book, color them different colors, cut...
If there were no true doubled dies after the mint introduced the single squeeze, which people would lose the most??
If I go with a specific coin needed, I ask a familiar or somewhat familiar dealer if he has one, and if not or if it is not the condition I...
Before you buy one, check out the maximum weight it will take. 0.001 gram scales are around $20 for up to 20 grams max and much higher for 50 or...
The reason people are somewhat doubtful is that up until recently, China has produced and advertised that year and date in Silver, without 'copy'...
That's the main identification point about acid, as it removes from all surfaces, so the features become very 'mushy' but are usually easy to...
I have one like these from my stamp collecting , much easier to carry and use. Jim...
The 14-D images are a little small, but the mintmark doesn't look wrong in the small image, so could well be correct, same for the die crack from...
I think it is a chem lab 'silver' cent as it looks plated with zinc. On the reverse , you can see a small copper triangle that might be from an...
Yes, same Kagwade , et.al. group from Stoney Brook U. seem to be the only ones that found this effect. Not under my envirnomental conditions. Jim
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