Can you take a close-up of the Indian? Rferences say that all 3-legged buffalo nickels have what looks like acid or metal deterioration on the...
Dryer coin, caught between the chasis ring and the rotating drum wearing off one side.
Are the silver ones in the front on the table included? If not $98.22
The Rev seems to be contamination from handling or in pockets. Abe looks like he had a piece of Scotch tape on him.
Just use your eyes and ears. You should be able to get a general understanding of grades and what they mean. Just look at coins that you are...
I've both seen and heard of collectors that pressure air blast with talc to remove marks or discoloration. It's like a mild sand-blast, but with...
I think that it's MD.
From the 2nd pic, it looks like something hit the right upper part on the N and deposited it on the left upper part of the N.
I like them!
Because you can buy these coins from China, for next to nothing, maybe 25 cents or less, buying in bulk. You can get any date you want, because...
What's inside the clasp under the stone?
Looks like welking slag
It looks to me like the residue left from a piece of scotch tape across the Obv. You can see both edges of the tape on the Obv.
I agree .... DDD
Besides the ding, it also may be a slightly off-center strike.
In my last post, where I said that it didn't leave the mint like that ... it was tongue-in-cheek about the permanent marker, not the "struck-through".
Hard to tell anything from the pics. The coin has seen better days since circulation.
It must have cost a fortune to have it certified (if it was). It didn't leave the mint like that
I'm not sure if it is a clip or not. I don't really see a Blakesley effect on the coin. Hard to tell from the pics, because the Obv side had the...
It's best to go through all of the info from Wexler. MD is machine or mechanical doubling, caused by the die being loose in the holder. Here is...
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