Moxie15

I see what looks to be platting bubbles along the 'extra column' so I think you are looking at maybe some machine doubling along with plating issues.

Why, yes I have Master Gliocas Gun Aon, I have. It told me a few things. First it says you,Master, should wash your hands once in a while before taking pictures. Second it told me that you should do more reading of actual varieties. Third it says one should know what they are talking about before posting common coins claiming they are extreme rarities that do not even exist. You should add it to your reading list.

<<groan>> whatever.

wow Ratzie! You did it this time!! You found a quintuple struck gold infused hand hammered Eisenhower dollar minted at the Southern Pooh Corner Mint under contract with the San Francisco Mint. There is only one other known in the Christopher Robin Collection of Unknown Varieties. It was minted with dies cut by Shrek and Son Die Sinkers to the King located in Dulac and silver minted in Mt. Morder. Absolutely amazing!!

these are nice coins, but only worth a couple dollars while it would cost a few tens of dollars to grade. Grade them if you want for your own edification and joy.

who knows, in a generation or two it may be all the rage in numismatics. Forty years ago no one paid highly inflated prices for overly colorful coins,

@Ratzie33 you and I live in different realities. In your reality you see what you want to see, in mine I see what is there. Your's seems like a lot more fun

As a former scrap seller there is no difference from what I said and what you said. You can buy and sell cents at any price you want but there is no logic in buying at scrap metal value if you cannot scrap them. That is why I wonder about the company mentioned. Every scrap buyer I have dealt with would not touch them. Likewise the precious metal dealers would not buy them, coin dealers would not buy memorial backs, so why buy them? I suppose if you buy them from someone, melt them down, then bring them to a metals buyer you could do it. But I expect you would operate at a loss.

the metal reacted to something it contacted. Hard to say what it was

I can think of no mint process at the mint that would cause the marks. Maybe a seriously corroded die

Selling more than $4 for the metal content is a federal offence US cents are bronze and not copper, so you would only get the 'red brass' price (1.45 per pound at close today) These two facts leave me wondering about the business buying them

just where in the USA would one sell this for its metal content?

it was shot with bird shot or a strong pellet gun. I have done it myself a time or two

it seems to be a Hungarian token that commemorates some one Named Alexander. Nagy Sandor is Alexander the Great. Emberkes (or whatever it says) may be Alexander's last name. What little I can find is in Hungarian and it won't translate on my computer. Now you are on your own

that is not a coin struck to circulate in the French Colonies as such. It was struck for domestic use but could have wound up in Canada as like most new world colonies there was a shortage of good coins in commerce. I very much like that coin as I collect French copper and it is in a nice collectible grade by my standards

thanks, Condor

ok first do not handle coins like that, ever. next you should know that by now. that was a common size and denomination for years. The USA made half dimes from 1792 to I think 1867.

this is not an argument or disagreement... can you explain what the criteria is for a proof like designation, especially concerning Morgans

I know this question was not directed at me, but, I am sticking my nose in anyway. I think I would call the coin proof-like.

we cannot use Today's standards on a 1964 transaction. Until there is evidence of wrong doing by 1964 standards I have to go with the reasonable doubt and vote not guilty.

it looks to be from Hirohito (Showa) if it has a smooth edge it is from between 1951 to about 1960 value in this shape is less than $1

@VKurtB what was needed to make it legal for her to have kept the coins? If she paid face value for the coins to the cashier or whatever the position is called and did not get a receipt, would it be legal?

Thank you. Mark, that means a lot. and that was very funny!!

@MarkFeld I will not discus the understanding of the concept of 'to believe' further here as it is not the place. I will firmly state that I have not seen a post that I thought was so far out of bounds that it needed to be reported. Perhaps my use of the term 'thought police' was incorrect, I may have chosen another term if I had thought about it more. oh yeah, as to the comment concerning those who see things differently than I do, I look for such people as it leads to much more interesting conversations. As Tom Hulce said in Amadeus, "Who would you rather talk to, Hercules or his hair dresser?"

the doubling you are showing is flat and shelf-like indicating it is not a double die. The coin is a 2020 so classic doubling of the die is not possible as the hub is only pressed into the die steel once. These two observations lead me to say this is not a doubled die.