Sharpie markers, even the "permanent" ones will often come off with isopropol alcohol (rubbing alcohol) It will not hurt the coin. Sometimes...
The same thing can occur from getting caught in commercial dryers. Do a search for dryer coins.
And it also can't be on a nickel planchet because the edge shows the typical clad layering. Nickels are one solid alloy.
Soak it in some water or acetone, I think there is glue or something on it.
Severe die wear. No premium, but a nice educational piece.
Does it STRONGLY stick to a magnet. A nickel plating could make it weakly stick to the magnet.
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The Mint exhausted their supply of cent planchets in October of 1814. Since the planchets came from Boulton and Watt in England, and at the time...
In large cents I think the oldest provenance we can trace are some 1794 large cents that we can trace back to 1795 from the Lord St Oswald Collection.
Obviously a Brazilian token. :)
Well since tokens and medals are considered numismatic items, and this is made in imitaion of a numismatic item, under the HPA it needs to be...
But they would probably reholder it in blue label holder while removing the hair.
I don't think so, I think that is Blakely effect from the clip below the date.
Better pictures would help but I thing the planchet was defective and part of the clad layer was missing. The beveled edge bothers me, the weaker...
On the die the highest part is what created the field on the coin, That little "v" at the neck is very shallow in the die. When you polish the...
What was the sixth? Oh, of course 2009 with the four Bicentennial designs. Duh.
Not much financial risk. Under their current guarantee if it developed the spot after it was slabbed the guarantee doesn't apply.
They all have the same reverse die. Note the defect on the dentical above the E in STATES. Same defect on all three coins.
This is incorrect. There were three types of cent produced in 1793. The first was the Chain cent mintage 36,103. Then the Wreath cent 63,353....
Even blurred you can tell the mintmark on Tim's coin is too high to be the major 69-S DDO
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