Something is going on in the lower part of the S curve, inside the area made by the lower curl. And it does not show up in any of the suggested...
Have you found many interesting bills over the years?
Regarding you $100 note, the black lettering on the back is either some ink picked up from the note below it in the stack of sheets when it was...
You can't have a cud on both sides. The area on the opposite side of the coin from the cud (raised metal) will have a void area (or a lightly...
Nice indent! Here are two of my Roosevelt dimes: Broadstruck partial collar. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 50% off center. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks. I told you the photos were poor. I posted the best I could do. Sorry it did not meet your expectations!
I know die cracks can happen anywhere on a coin, but I have never seen one start at the mint mark. The close-up of the MM is terrible I know, but...
Would that be considered a retained cud? Or just a rim to rim crack?
Not a half dollar collector, but I have one of these: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Congratulations on your over 64,000 posts. Here is the only large cent I own. Lamination error on obverse. I call it megaphone head. [ATTACH]...
A couple of my Washingtons. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a similar note with bookends (but only a $1 note). Apparently, somehow a sheet was inserted into the stack backwards after the first and...
Could be, only the people involved in the making of these know the answer.
I guess the error was noticed early and put safely away. It is amazing (at least to me) how few people actually look at their money. I have seen...
Poor Lincoln has a neck leak!
Thanks for that information.
I purchased this elongated dime recently and was wondering why the obverse has a copper cast to it. 1959 would indicate a silver coin. Did the...
I don't collect these so I can't comment on the grading, but to me it does have nice eye appeal for the grade.
I only have a few of these that I picked up cheap just to have a little history in hand. It is my attempt at owning a circam. 1880 S. [ATTACH]...
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