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Greenstang

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  1. Greenstang
    That is what is known as a Texas Coin. That is not aluminum, that is the zinc core that has had the copper plating removed. It is intentionally done and has no added value.
  2. Greenstang
    If your referring to the 5 in the date, that is just damage. Likely from a coin counting , wrapping machine. You can see where it has also affected the IGWT.
  3. Greenstang
    Not an error, it’s called Pareidolia, seeing something that’s not there.
  4. Greenstang
    As you pointed out, just some MD on the reverse and some DDD on the date. Nothing special, spend it.
  5. Greenstang
    Seeing that there were no Morgan’s in 1905, I would agree that is an easy one to spot. I guess that counterfeiter didn’t do his research.
  6. Greenstang
    I agree, it is Split Plate Doubling. That coin has a lot of zinc rot., get rid of it while there is still something left.
  7. Greenstang
    That is Split Plate Doubling on the mm and wording. You can see the zinc core showing through.
  8. Greenstang
    I’m leaning towards PMD. Have never seen a Struck Through in different layers and that sharp of features.
  9. Greenstang
    Need more information. Weight, diameter, what is the seller claiming it is.
  10. Greenstang
    Listing has NOT been removed. It is still up. Have reported it to eBay, should hopefully be gone by this afternoon.
  11. Greenstang
    Just google “ Trump Coins eBay” There are hundreds of them with various styles including colourized ones for much less than that.
  12. Greenstang
    I was just going to say basically the same thing as Oldhoopster. Do not treat it as an error first, treat it as damage and then see if there is anything that would warrant it being an error. As there is no way that could happen during the striking of the coin, the alternative is PMD. You may never find out exactly how it happened unless you were there but it doesn’t really matter, damage is damage.
  13. Greenstang
    There is a mint tolerance of +- .19 g on nickels so your nickel is underweight by .01g
  14. Greenstang
    Welcome to the Forum. Not an error, just a damaged coin.
  15. Greenstang
    Hard to say exactly how it got polished. It could have been buffed, some sort of silver polish or even dipping. Unless you were there at the time, you may never know exactly what happened.
  16. Greenstang
    There is a +- tolerance of .13g on IH so yours would be a bit under. Hard to say exactly why but it may be from a thin planchet. Quality control was a little more lax back then. ( Although from some of the modern coins I have seen on here lately, it doesn’t appear all that great today).
  17. Greenstang
    No No No. Not possible.
  18. Greenstang
    To me it does not look like a struck through, certainly not grease. Not sure what caused it but if it is not struck through, then it has to be damage of some sort, no matter what caused it.
  19. Greenstang
    There are some very minor differences can probably be attributed to die wear and circulation wear.
  20. Greenstang
    Welcome to the Forum It is gradeable but I don’t think it is worth the cost. It is a 1 oz. gold bullion coin. Would you post a photo of both sides, depending on the year, these are highly counterfeited.
  21. Greenstang
    Thanks Coinbuf, don’t know where “quarter” came from. I guess I can’t blame this on spellcheck.
  22. Greenstang
    Welcome to the Forum Your quarter is not the same, yours is suffering from Environmental Damage, completely different and has no added value.
  23. Greenstang
    Agree with the above. The edge is the easiest way to tell if it is plated or not. Also it wouldn’t be worth spending $50.00 or so getting it graded as it would not be worth near that even though it is a nice looking coin.
  24. Greenstang
    RJoe For future reference, it can only be an error if it happens during the actual striking of the coin so ask yourself, how could anything of what you see on your coin happen at that time. The obvious answer is that there isn’t anything so the alternative is PMD, no matter how it happened.
  25. Greenstang
    Nice find in any condition. It has the second lowest mintage of any of the George V small cents.