Sand casting, as well as lost wax casting, are methods of pouring molten metal into temporary mold to create a 3-Dimensional object.
I have never seen an incuse penny before; no idea how that could have happened at the mint. Looking at the damage on it and how deeply incused it...
I've had no luck whatsoever. I've only just managed to find 2 denver minted AMP quarters, nevermind W mints or War in the Pacific.
Yep. All of 'em are 1982 D bronze Lg. dates.
The material on it has the appearance of scorched zinc, which I work with a lot lately, and appears to have left behind a circular design about...
It just hurts me that I sold off a chunk of my stack at a loss since I needed the cash only a week before it went up; when it was still $16! It...
Entry Post 1, 7, 8, 2, 10, 3, 6, 5 I recently bought a roll of wheat pennies on ebay from one of those shady sellers just to get content for my...
It would appear that foreign material was present on the die at the time they were struck. Nice!
Poor Buffalo nickle has the Ring of Death on it.
Considered doing a charcoal rubbing of the first coin to get a better idea of what's on it? I can only make out what looks like an 'R' on the...
Having experience with cleaned coins (partly because I did it when I was dumber and knew nothing of coins), I'd say it's never been cleaned. Just...
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