Forget the doubling, Lincolns bust is way off. Looks nothing like a real coin. I didn't even look at the lettering, didn't have to.
Back to the OP question. The pictures aren't the greatest, but it looks either like damage, or something is stuck to the coin.
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Helps me. With the original pictures everything matched N-8 except the long lrft foot of the A being missing and too much space between the T and...
Especially since it isn't bronze. Probably, but really other than an XRF gun how can you really tell them apart. I won't accept color variation....
That is true, but the number of million dollar coins is fairly small, and their diagnostics are very well known. The odds that a high quality...
Issue 97 does not have images, but issue 94 which identifies the different marriages does have images. (They aren't the greatest images in the...
Actually they did make pattern copper clad steel cent in 1974. But they would be lighter than a copper cent (Probably about 2.8 gm) and they would...
I don't think anyone here minds if someone makes and sells copies/imitations that are properly marked in accordance to the HPA. It is people who...
I'm really thinking oil wellhead christmas tree. [img] Note on the op image, on the vertical of the "T" you can see what appear to be the edge...
Doubled die coins are varieties. The die is in error, but the coins struck from it are a variety. And yes the us mint has produced doubled die...
Poll should have said Hundredths or Thousandths. As in hundredths of a dollar.
Did those VF's still show evidence of the mirror fields? and squared off rims/edges? (Assuming we aren't talking of the matte or sandblast proofs)
If you limit that to 20th century or later coins I would agree. That would be low mintage. Not necessarily rare, just low mintage. Get back...
And how low a grade have they been? And were they 19th or 20th century issues? I would think if you had the free cash to be able to buy and...
Glue, not a squeeze job. Look at the last picture he posted and blow it up. You can clearly see the edge of the glue on Lincoln's coat and in...
Not all that easy. When I first saw this I would have sworn it was a small letters. I tend to look at the spacing and gaps between the letters...
But how often do you see double eagles in VF? Especally the twentieth century issues. Even in VF I would expect there to still be evidence of...
Presentation slab. Someone at the school paid NGC to make up a bunch of them to give away, probably to kids just starting the first grade. For a...
They had leftover gold labels from the SS Central America slabs.
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