I would have to say either form bank roll or in more modern times, from the mint like you have said. A person could also pick up a coin in change...
It's very hard for a bussines strike coin to go from the press, into a bin with thousands of other coins piling on top of it, then thrown in bags,...
I think I'll just "buy the book" thank you very much. :whistle: Although, I must admit coinfacts does have some good pics for reference.
The way I see it, CAC sticker were hand made for internet/mailorder coin sales. We all know that pictures no matter how good, is just not the same...
Nice accusations!;) Sweet notes. :high5:
If you're compulsion leads to profits like that, I think I would skip the therapy. :thumb: :smile
The portrait looks an awfull lot like Prince. ( or the artist formerly know as)
That's just sad. :mad:
Gold plating is,'t very hard if you have the right tools. Here is a (bad pic of) nickel I did recently.
But if you clean vf coin then it gets worn down to fine or vg then does that make it have original sufaces again, or have any less history. Like I...
I would think it would come down to how its cleaned. Brightly polished or attacked with a brillo pad could even kill an AG coin. Lightly cleaned...
Very good info. Thanks.
The steel cent was only minted (on purpose) in 1943.
Very nice looking coin, very sharp. To me I don't see anything to distracting about the cleaning to bother me.
Yea, I think heritage has a great site.
Thanks, I assume they used different hubs to recycle unused dies?
I assume you are refering to the auction listings here on the forum. It just points people to the Ebay (or other) auction listings you are...
Design hub doubling I found this post on "Design hub doubling" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "CoinTalk Thread of the Week Of...
Great article. One question though. How do you know if it is an overdate or hub doubling?
After a quick glance at the redbook before I went back to work last night, I decided the older coins, at least, are probably large cents. I saw...
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