Maybe I should have written about the 1908 DDO before I went and sold mine!! (Or maybe I can just use your photos!) ;)
Unfortunately, being a key date does not add to the value of the error. Key date coins have their value in being problem-free scarcer coins....
My safety deposit box!!:peeking:
That is my slab... I just need to find a PF-68 1977 gold coin for a matching pair...
[ATTACH] I suppose this would be the grand daddy of them all (well, except for the crazy stuff that Mike Byers has for sale). I bought this...
Hi Ficus, or should we call you Jacktomy, yet another coin forum to try and validate your counterfeit coins?? [ATTACH]
Picked up this one, given the size of the denticles, it is likely a first strike reverse brockage. Rare to see a George VI brockage in silver......
Here is a mint state Newfoundland 1944C 'map' variety, which obviously, suffered from poor chromium plating of the dies.[ATTACH]
Here is the edge of a 1986 nickel dollar, the matte-like element is raised on the coin, so the chrome plating not only chipped away on the fields,...
Die deterioration, back in 1996 the dies were chrome plated, and the plating often chipped away where the fields met the devices on the dies. This...
You will not get a premium for the "map" variety... you will get a good price for a top 10 coin, however.
The German States thaler with the swan on the reverse took my breath away... it is absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing!
Here is the same analogy, but with my coins (I collect nickel dollars). With this effigy is the cheek and garment folds at the shoulder that are...
That is a textural term, used to describe the lower shoulder of the Queen which is almost never struck fully, even in Proof-like (PL) strikes. The...
Prior to 1971, I imagine specimens were used for normal business strikes, the 1932 5-cent Far 2, or 1951 5-cent high relief, as examples. Dies...
From 1968 to 1973, specimen coins were also handed out in black cases, as VIP Specimen sets. I do have a photo of a 1970 VIP set, in the box....
Apologies to the OP for the derailment of this thread... Steve, that 1967 bunny on a 1c planchet is awesome!! If you like Victorian 25c, then...
I don't collect 25c coins, but how is this for "yummy"?? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I am a research scientist with Geological Survey of Canada, in Ottawa...
Here is my 1965 specimen 1-cent, from such a specimen set. I only collect 1-cent and nickel dollars, so I sold the rest of the set, with the case...
Really hard to tell with those photos, the toning makes it difficult. You need to be looking for minor raised patterns on the fields (which is...
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