Put a diffuser between your light and the coin. Experiment with distance between the two. Oven paper or tracing paper works quite well, helps to...
All Morgan and Peace dollars are VAM's, there are 18 listed for this date and MM. Your images make it impossible to see the die markers and die...
Replica Medal Description 1778-1779 Rhode Island Ship Medal Obverse: Shows the flagship of British Admiral Lord Richard Howe. Inscription around...
It happens to many dies. Look at the "Floating roof" and missing designers initials on LMC's, parts of the Liberty headband on Morgan dollars etc....
Don't know what happened to the rest of my text but the countries have a wonderful mix of old and modern architecture and some great nature. On...
I went to Tallinn, Estonia a couple of years ago. The people there and the other Baltic states say they have a better lifestyle now than prior to...
Shame, looked interesting enough for a good exchange of opinions
Die Polishing is the process of cleaning the dies used to strike a coin. Over the course of the life of a working die, dirt and grime may...
Parts still exist though very faint, look to be polished out
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No expert but looks like a finned rim which has then folded over. Wait for the real experienced guys to look
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Hi, can you post a close up, in focus shot of the date from directly overhead. Click on Full Image when it is uploaded as those thumbnail images...
1950 Sweden 5 Ore. Minted in iron due to bronze shortage after WW11 Composition Iron Weight 6.95 g Diameter 27 mm Thickness 1.75 mm Shape Round...
2012 Belgium. 10 years of the Euro [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
2002 Denmark [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1973 The Bahamas [ATTACH]
Rarity would depend on how many more coins were struck before it was either polished out or the die was changed
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1947, Panama Un Balboa [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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