I love those elephant denarii. Looks like I will be saving up some room for one ;)
I am not sure I see the error either.
I quite like the look of the experimental rinse dollars, and I think that they tell an interesting numismatic story.
I agree. It looks to be genuine. Interesting thread!
I would like to jump on this bandwagon! Here is a similar coin to yours, though I know little about it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It also has a very...
Interesting. Could it be a burr, or just PMD? I am not sure.
Cool find!
I hate to spur up anything, but what is the possibility of this being DDO-008 rather than DDO-003? I only say this because it seems to fit DDO-008...
This? In the denticles? https://indianvarieties.com/cents/indian-head-cents/1884-indian-head-penny/1884-mpd-001/
VAM-2E2?
Amazing acquisitions! I too am trying to get all 12, and I have 3 so far. I am interested to see your next ones!
Very interesting write-up! I learned a lot. I like how you emphasized that even modern currency can provide such an interesting amount of...
I have seen these coins before and would love to get into them. I find them seriously intriguing and mystifying in nature. Perhaps I too should...
Snowy day here, so I decided to come online an I’m glad I did. Here is a very lustrous and brilliant coin, and it is quite difficult to capture!...
Would these forgeries be contemporary or to intentionally deceive collectors?
Looks like some old M&Ms!
Those are all contact marks as they're called. In fact, you can even almost see the shape of another coins rim on one of them.
Nice deal!
I see exactly what you see. It does look like a P, it really does! But it's a result of tarnish and rust, common with these wartime steel cents....
I'm going to have to get some boxes to look through at the bank soon before it's too late!
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