most likely it was plated.
make sense? Sure. Is it? Not always.
shoe: In the OP picture, the weak lettering is from the die that the counterfeiters created. They were just sloppy.
nice, the only one in Cherrypicker's Guide is a very minor DDO. Yours is far superior.
very nice contemporary. I have a couple, and save them. I'll have to find them & post.
It was in all good fun, and no coins got hurt during this contest.... so, what is wrong with that.
FYI: You guessed after the contest was over, the winning # announced...... and you still guessed wrong.
are you ignoring the cleaning? The scratch look like normal circulation wear.
I agree--- for modern pieces-- however, those old love tokens are pretty neat.
For knowledge: Get the Red Book.
nice!
in a word: yes.
Cost? too much, more than it is worth. The reverse crud could be PVC, at any rate, it would probably come back 'genuine'. save the cost...
This is like asking why is an 1804 silver $ more than a Morgan $.... Quantity, savings, mintages, and popularity, + Many other reasons.
okay, I'll play: ?????
I have collected a few of the pieces, and have seen them. An interesting area. I wish that I knew more about them. Good luck.
Red Book= Retail prices, also a lot of research info. Blue Book= Wholesale Prices Black book = paperweight.
the suspense is -- well-- not that great, but, hey ya never know.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
That is becuase they did not put the P mintmark on the nickels yet. normal coin.
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