Yes a cent is thicker than a dime planchet. if the op would put the coins together and get a photo of the edge of them we could see if one is...
I heard hoofbeats last Sunday morning and a big 12 point point buck nearly ran me over. LOL I never could understand why anyone would want to...
what about PMS ? who knows this one ?
good link rockdude , I have visited this site many times. as you can see in the photos a dime planchet gets to cent size when struck with cent...
Yes you are correct but you are forgetting that when a dime planchet is struck by cent dies the dime planchet flares out to the exact diameter of...
Jim as you already know some error coins are near impossible to identify from just looking at photos. from what I can gather from the photos is...
Well darn it don't blame me , old Rascal my little jack russel terrier told me what he thought it was.I may have to fire him if he got this one wrong.
Wow! thanks for letting us see this error coin. back in the good old days before we had computers a coin like this was about impossible to find....
No not really , a cent struck on a clad dime planchet is easily identified by looking at the clad layers on the edge of the coin. I suppose...
hey guys please don't down someone's coin until you give them a chance to get it checked out to see for sure what they have. I have seen a few...
looks like you may have partially solved this one without seeing the photos. you sure did pretty good with this one rick .
I read every post on this thread and could not believe some of the answers in the posts. to the op be careful with this coin and take good care...
both of these coins look like they may be metal detecting finds. when a coin has been buried in the ground and dug up after many years they are...
A heck of a lot . now days the mint has to make so many coins they use the dies until they almost fall apart then sometimes repair them by...
asking questions that's the way to learn about things
the damage on the reverse side took on the shape of whatever the coin was resting on in this area when it was hit from the obverse side. the...
hey don't worry about getting confused,before long you will learn the difference soon as you see it.
this is damage done to the coin when someone pushed the A into the obverse side. when one side of a coin is damaged this also damages the opposite...
It would be awesome to find a real 69s doubled die cent. google this is you can see one of these scarce critters.
I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. actually what we call struck thru grease is really grease , dirt , metal dust and all kinds of...
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