Nice. John Burgess is just kidding, but in my ignorance had I found it in change I might have mistaken it for wrapping machine damage and sent it...
Not intended to be sarcastic at all. People fairly often will use whatever, including coins, when there is a bit of wiggle that can be fixed by a...
Back to the coin in the OP's post, it was not necessarily ground down in the usual sense. It looks to me as if it might have been used to level a...
Amen to all the good things others have posted. I, too, am a member of your fan club! My most recent arrival, along with a 2019 holed cent, is...
Congratulations!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I am fascinated by all this, but I am totally ignorant. Several years ago I bought two coins on ebay sold as...
Not the first time any of us has used a term improperly, myself included. I believe the OP meant DDR, based on the pictures provided.
I believe I see the "doubling" the OP is talking about, only it it not doubling, it is part of the design. The columns look "doubled" because the...
These are all really nice coins. But I have found over time that "things," even rare and beautiful things, don't make me happy. On the other...
Fall comes late here in the Deep South. These are from Nov 21, 2011[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not all that rustles in the leaves is leaves:...
Very true in the "old days" when counterfeit usually meant lead. Today's Chinese counterfeits are often tungsten, and a person might break his...
The 1798 cent arrived today. I love it! Thank you so much for the contest. As for the extra I paid, I can't believe how blessed I am to get...
I agree that Barber quarters were engineered better. And yes, the dates wore off buffalo nickles quickly, as did those on SL quarters, especially...
Sometimes the "losers" become famous and popular in their own right, especially if the "winners" are for some reason unpopular and often after the...
This is true, at least in part. And certainly the engineering of the design was a factor. There is also what might be termed the velocity of...
Thank you! And congratulations to the other winners! I'm a big fan of ancients, but I could not resist the 1798 large cent--after 60 years of...
And thank you! I love it!
Thank you!
Cool! But why does the pressure of being struck not push the planchet out to the cent collar? The copper nickel outer part is hard, but the pure...
Certainly it would be the same weight, but, since the cent collar is slightly larger, wouldn't it be just a tiny bit thinner than a dime and...
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