They are not coins at all, they are privately made collector pieces. Probably would have some value to a collector of such items but hard to...
First thing, check with your grandfather to see if you can go through it. Just because he has had it for a long time does not make it fair game....
Yeah, I think you are right, I expect you will just jet it back unidentified, that one is really rough. I just can't make anything out on the...
Try taking a nice smooth new piece of aluminum foil and make a rubbing of the coin. I have done this with lots of corroded metal detected copper...
Looking carefully, I see nothing except damage from being hit with another coin on top. The corresponding damage on the reverse would indicate...
It's all post mint damage, looks like it spent some time in a parking lot or road.
Welcome to cointalk. There is certainly nothing stupid in wanting to learn about coins! I don't see any errors in the picture, but it is not the...
As stated, no need to get it graded. The cleaning was not a good idea, original surfaces are preferred by collectors. It is a common date...
Unfortunately, if it is magnetic then it is definitely a fake. A genuine coin would be made of .890 silver and non magnetic.
I've always been fond of the Rosa Americanas. A twopence with nice bath metal color and smooth surfaces is a joy to behold.
Pictures aren't the best to determine grade. It might make VG, if so, retail value would be about 4.50. That might be a bit optimistic in the...
The Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins by Q. David Bowers is probably one of the easier to use and obtain books.
I only had a chance to glance at it, but I am about certain it is a 1787. There are a ton of 1787 varieties, I'll try to give it a shot when I...
What makes you think Philadelphia didn't mint nickels in 1971? They minted over 106,000,000 in 1971.
The ebay link is to an 1865 s, the poster said his is an 1865. HUGE difference in price between a Philadelphia mint coin and a San Francisco mint...
It may be a bubble in the plating? Don't really know but that would be my best guess.
Not sure what you mean by different colored dies, the dies are steel and are used to strike the coin. The different colors on the coin appear to...
It is just glue or some other foreign substance on the coin.
Did you post a photo of the wrong coin? The one pictured is clearly a 1942 that could in no way be mistaken for a 1943.
It is a 1942 d not a 1943, it is a perfectly normal cent worth two or three cents, only the 1943 was made of steel.
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