I think it is a very attractive coin, S-273 large 7/6 common but popular. The coin is porous though so PCGS, NGC, and ICG would bodybag it....
That is an overly worn die. The rippled effect is caused by the metal flow over the surface of the die by the planchets during the strike....
Grading company's been around for five years.
It's a DCGS (Digital Coin Grading Service) holder without the feet! (Or the frosted fields of the slab.) DCGS came out with that idea five years ago.
Very good, that is pretty much exactly what it is. The plastic often carries a slight film of oil known as mold slip. It is a thin oil that is...
Snowman gets it. This bill is simply aimed at providing a plum for a constituent business. Providing a source of copper for a local metal refiner.
I don't think so. The marks look too far apart and too large to me.
That's die erosion. There may be some mechanical doubling damage in there as well
Yes they do exist. Probably the most famous example are the 1970-D dime stock quarters. A roll of clad strip that had been rolled down to the...
When Barr left office after just 30 days any people thought note with his signature would be rare and so they hoarded them. I'm sure there are...
Sure you can, now. Back in the mid to late sixties and early seventies it was illegal, but once they had all pretty much disappeared from...
You haven't seen a P mintmark before? They have been using them on all of the Philly coins other than the cent for 27 years now. Even if you...
I believe they were class of 1915.
And nickel plate them like they do the cent planchets today so the average Joe in the street will never have a clue that they change was made....
Usually with the collector type coins they will mint a certain stockpile before they go on sale, ad then from that point on strike to order plus a...
Nope, Feb 1986. It's a minor point though.
Sometimes how the "natives" say it has nothing to do with the correct pronunciation. I was raised in Louisville Ky. Now that city was named...
My first question is What is this "Certificate from PCGS" that claims the coins could have a value over 1.8 million dollars? PCGS, the grading...
Strikes me as a bit odd since by 1990 supposedly all of the mintmarks had moved to the master hub and should have been in the same place on all...
Place a cent between two layers of soft brass and strike it with a sledgehammer. The cent will make an impressioninto the brass and it will also...
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