According to the mint, the average life of a cent die is 1 million coins.
Nice partial collar. I found 12 of them in a new roll of Virginia state quarters back when the were first issued. Kept the 2 best and sold the...
The PCI slab from my submission nearly 30 years ago [ATTACH]
What is the current market for this Indian? I sent it to PCI in the early mid 90s. Hope the pic quality is good enough (I take terrible pics)...
Sure does look like Eva Adams [ATTACH]
A Spitting eagle is just minor die clash that eBay sellers have given a catchy name to, so new collectors might think they're special and will pay...
I spent a semester at the Technische Universitat Clausthal in the 80s. It was in the mining region of the Harz Mountains and where many of the...
I almost posted the same as you and actually had to look at it twice to see that it was a significant rotation.
FYI. Mint specs are around 27 degrees (I may be off a couple). The OPs coin is approx 135 degrees as stated previously.
Keep up the learning. Look at the references links people post and bookmark anything that you think has useful information. I still go to variey...
Una cervesa, por favor = all the Spanish that I know :facepalm:
Just a slightly rolled thick planchet. The weight spec for cents is 2.98-3.24 gms, so it's only 0.07 gms over. Not enough to have any extra value.
Nice example of a die crack to use as a reference
Die gouge Not a crack, since it doesn't go through the letters error-ref.com/die-gouges/
Mexico 1 Peso https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8320.html
Radar? Big deal. The good news is it's a trinary. :facepalm: ;) (Sorry, my inner eBay newbie collector is coming through, and we can't have a...
I put together date sets years ago and it was lots of fun.
Only if you try to do solve too much salt in a given amount of liquid. At room temp, you should be able to dissolve approx 5 teaspoons of salt in...
I see letters, too Liberty, In God We Trust, a D mintmarkOne Cent, United States of America, and E Pluribus Unum And if you look really close...
I can see what you mean by possible notching on the last S in STATES, but most of what you see is due to die wear, especially on E PLURIBUS UNUM....
Separate names with a comma.
