Coins with Post Mint damage end up in various sets all the time. The coins are minted, they get banged up and they get packaged. Even the...
I generally don't like to have people send me "one of a kind" examples of a coin:-) Hang on to it and as I keep going through coins, I will...
I've only found it on 1991 D dimes, but it seems that there is a range including 1989, 1990 and 1991. I haven't figured out what might be out...
No, it was not spooned, if it were, (which it wasn't), the surfaces of the obverse and reverse would not be effected the way this coin is. This...
Do a search for "magician's coin" . Your dime is probably an insert that would likely have been machined to fit into a shell made from a cent....
It is not the same shape as the D in God. To begin with, it's too tall. Also the problem with the notation, "It will be slightly raised if the...
I'm still working on it with someone else. I am convinced that these things exist. Since the cat is coming out of the bag. I've heard of them...
Thanks Mike!
I would be interested in Mike D's take on this but I lean toward a die that was damaged by a feeder finger or a broken part of one. This could...
I am owned by a collie, a bunch of parrots and three cats:-) I know from hair and feathers:-) I thought it might be:-)
Die cracks along the bottom of Washington's bust are common on the older quarters and in fact are pretty common on the States Quarters too. You...
It is the effect of corrosion or a damage of some sort. It is not a doubled mint mark. Thanks, Bill
Definitely a DDR. I need to see the whole reverse. Thanks, Bill
I magnified the picture and I have a question. When I blow up the image, the squiggly line through the ONE looks like a hair that was on the...
I lean toward the early die state concept. Many of the later die state coins that I've seen have the lettering under the President flattened and...
Thanks Conder:-)..of course, you are correct!
I Love that stuff!! The classic, older coins look great and a good goof-up is even more interesting!
On a proof coin...pretty scarce. On a circulation strike...common.
I need to look at these when I'm more awake:-) Thanks, Mike.
Not only is it common....it is how they are made. There is no attention paid to the direction a coin is fed into the edge lettering machine so in...
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