This is true, BUT zinc is very reactive and if a non plated cent isn't put away in proper storage when new or if it circulates a bit the reacting...
on the other hand it is probably the best struck up. ALL of the reverse detail is there. :)
Looks like a PSD hit to me. Yes it has resulted in a well defined curved shape like on a U G or O, but it is also raised. A dropped letter would...
Most people have no idea when various holders came out so if doesn't have a blue label, to them it is an "old green holder". And the reason most...
You have a stash of PROOF ASE's for bullion reasons?
Yes there are at least four of them. One is a two headed 1859 indian head cent. The others are three Washington quarters with two reverses that...
A point I have made many times.
Lots of irrational people on the various forums apparently. :)
S-258 Small date large fraction S-257, 258, 259, 260, and 261, hese five varieties come from three reverse dies. The leaf positions on the...
yep 1795 S-77 R-3+
The 8.2 reference makes me think he is getting the number from Cameron's Sample slab website
i think that is the more likely reason. Most moderns are so COMMON (Except in the absolute highest grade) that the only thing that can generate...
They do. http://catalog.usmint.gov/kennedy-2015-half-dollar-200-coin-bag-KN7.html?cgid=null#q=half%2520dollars&start=1
Looks good to me. The lines down from the R in LIBERTY and the lines above E of ONE both appear to be present.
Rolling the strip to the proper thickness. The steel rollers can also become worn and develop lines or ridges that go around the roller. These...
Australia wasn't the one to start things like this, they are just jumping on the band wagon. The first time I saw something like this was about...
It is Post Strike Damage. A dropped letter would be incuse not raised.
I don't see it as them using them with intent, just as being forced into it because they didn't have a choice.
Mintages aren't everything, survival rates are more important. The 95 O and S may have had higher mintages, but a lower survival rate would mean...
You can get it reholdered, and you can probably be pretty safe about it not being regraded if you point out that they just put the wrong label on...
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