...back at ya...USMC 1969-1973 3rd Marine Air Wing... Semper Fi...Spark
...live long...and prosper...Spark
@Robert Ransom @Collecting Nut ...this is how we roll on CT. Everyone gets the truth, painful as it is, sometimes...Spark
@William skaggs ...if you don’t have one already, obtain a Yeoman Red Book. Then use the grading scales listed at the front of each denomination...
...imo...’47-D has serious wear on the ear, cheek and jaw, high spots for the design, but it’s problem doesn't stop there. There are contact...
To tell you the truth, I never got that far...but this appears to be a dime on the obverse, Jefferson on the reverse Vice Job. As soon as I saw...
It’s a vise job...the dime design is backwards, meaning, the olive branches are on the right where they should be on the left for a proper...
As usual, Paddyman is on target with these. The 55 Canadian is too worn for any premium, the IHC might have some value if letters of LIBERTY are...
With the flat ear obv, worn steps rev...AU55 at best...FV. Very common and not in a condition worth saving, I presume you found it in...
I think he meant that even the ha’penny for that date was a large copper coin...not a small cent like today...Spark
No need to apologize...we all have good info to spread around...helps us keep things in context and learn new things...Spark
England has a very strong replica industry aimed at tourists. My mom and brother visited in the mid-‘90s and came home with replica cards of...
@Collecting Nut ...I’m not trying to split hairs, but I liked the coin a lot and looked it up...Spark
...the obverse is QE II...but that is one righteous Blue Marlin on the reverse, great coin...KM #21...Spark
Sorry, Brina, I too have no clue to who shrink-wraps. But my wife of 48 years bought me two rolls (at a moderate premium) in June of ‘17, I put...
Well, the container says 100% on it so this is better than nail polish remover...this is the best I can find, so using it as a soak means paying...
It’s the soaking you have to be wary of. I soaked some brass German 10 pfennig for over 48 hours that came out clean but blotchy with pink...
...btw, I’m one of the old guys...Evan is 18 and Sal is 54! All 3 of us were right. ...Spark
This is nothing more than deterioration doubling (date) and normal wear. They overuse the dies most of the time for all US denomination business...
This was the first year of clad coinage and they struck 1.82 billion of these. Yours has PMD, @capthank and normal wear for 55 years...
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