Maybe just too many irons in the fire right now? I get somewhat burned out every now and then, especially with so much roll searching but I...
Oh, I don't know that anyone was necessarily trying to fake this coin. But there are a lot of clowns out there with too much time on their hands...
Thank you Jack. Actually, for 10 years of my 38 year career I was a Production Technician. We all had to deal with the impossible creations of the...
Just a note but most of the coins you have been posting are within the new zinc age of cents. From 1982 to date there has been a problem with...
Agreed! Great company, quick shipping and people actually answer their questions. Minimum $9.99 ( flat rate ) shipping though so one might want to...
Never had that problem with folders but an idea did pop into my head. If you had a circle cutter and some "archival" paper board or backer boards...
I've found many poorly struck 2016 Philly dimes this year but all well struck Denver coins. But this is par for the course from Philly, always...
Littleton has always been very good with their grading, it's just their prices that scare me. This is a fine looking coin.
Littleton has a nice slab album that is enclosed all the way around so slabs do not fall out. I can't vouch for the others as I do not own any.
I'll admit it "looks" like an RPM but this should not happen as the mint marks are now incorporated into the dies so this should not be possible....
It's really hard not to keep looking for these Homestead errors.;) Roll searching Loomis rolls yielded me five different doubled dies this past...
If it's the mint mark you are wondering about, it looks like zinc rot.
Have you ever seen Tiso's ads in Numismatic News? All sorts of ++++ and other nonsensical ways of grading that are so hard to follow I just gave up.;)
Certainly a good possibility. Sometime the easiest answer eludes us. (plated)
I've never had an issue with slide marks either but here again, it's all about being careful. Don't push the coins in too far and double check...
A possible lamination situation? These were noted for this but I've not seen it happen in this way before. Of course, it's an uneducated guess as...
It's a shame but in the end it tends to be about money as to why they do and don't do more to please we the collectors. It would be nice if Dansco...
I'm willing to bet that if you wrote a letter to Dave Harper at Numismatic News he could probably give a more definitive answer to this question....
You mean to tell me, with all of that great cooking you do for her, and I'm sure she likes it as much as you, she can't just look the other way?...
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