"Die chatter" is an old term for what we now call Machine Doubling Damage. Your coin is definitely NOT "Die Chatter" or MDD. It is most...
It enlarges enough for me to say it is a WAM, not a CAM.
Still don't see anything.
The mintmark on the good 69 S DDO sometimes comes doubled as well from MDD. So you can't say that if the mintmark is doubled it isn't a DDO.
All large dates.
Fred, the key is he said the cent was the size of a nickel. That tells us it is a "Texas" cent that has been altered after it left the mint. The...
This is the image (There is a tool on the Coincommunity forum that allows you to get the largest image from any ebay auction. Even works on...
Can't tell from the image, but if it is gold plated it is worth 5 cents.
That is assuming the Sec of the Treasury doesn't decide to do a second round of ATB quarters, which the authorizing legislation allows him to do....
Looks like PSD.
This is the "1783" Unity cent. [IMG]
Then you have the question were all 16 die pairs used, or just made? They often made dies that were never used just to make sure they had dies on...
The Bicentennial was three years AFTER the Hobby Protection Act. There were illegal colonial copies made and sold during the Bicentennial though.
Even in you example you are not showing that PCGS is dropping the guide price and causing the market to drop. You are showing that the market has...
But once the blanks are cut from the strip the strip is chopped up which also creates these "bowtie" pieces. Those would not be mint errors. So...
Jim K, The 1783 Unity States cent you mention was made in England in the 1820's.
The blanks HAVE to be washed after annealing. (And there is no reason to wash them before annealing) The annealing is a high temperature heating...
I'd say the left wing and olive branch is grease. No way it is wear and I don't believe it is strike weakness.
I wish my Large cents would go into a downward trend.
You folks are writing at cross purposes to each other. There is more than one kind of "beginner". Someone that come in knowing nothing about...
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