Lem E

58 minutes ago, Buffalo Head said:

nice.

53 minutes ago, Moxie15 said:

with her history it might be a great story how she lost that tooth...

You sure like em rough don’t ya Moxie. 

4 hours ago, J P Mashoke said:

Here it a little Dime Crack Head for ya Lem......LOL

You are the Crack Master. 

11 minutes ago, J P Mashoke said:

Hey Lem.. Question for ya.......Did you buy that coin graded, or have it done and if so is it do they label all coins that have variety's when you send them in? Or do you have to let them know you want it labeled ...??

I did buy it graded already. Bought a few lots of lower grade coins to study. Ended up with about 15 coins in all. I have never submitted a coin so I’m not the greatest person to ask about that. I don't see many die crack attributions on labels. I wouldn’t say a die crack is a variety though. But like I said, Im not sure.

35 minutes ago, J P Mashoke said:

Ya that is way cool. Very nice find . Be careful not to drop it to hard with a crack like that one LoL, Funny you posted about nickels because that is what I am checking this morning for  PL FS I have 2 new rolls of 2020 D and I am having a hard time finding any without bag marks... The new nickels are so sharp on the rims that they are cutting each other right out of the shoot at the mint it looks like. Also on the Denver nickel die the steps on the right must be worn out or greased up. they are gone. the first is a D the second is a P

They are gone aren’t they. Good eye. Could be a grease job. Nice find.

I don’t know all that much about these coins and this is only my opinion, but just from comparing the two coins I see a few differences. I understand they are two different years, but I wouldn’t think there would be that many areas that differ from each other. I could be wrong. 

On 3/12/2021 at 7:30 AM, J P Mashoke said:

I am doing some Nickel rolls today and I have some odd finds?? I wanted to ask you all about. What are these scratches from a counting machine or die cracks?? The coins are 4 from 1994 and 3 from 1997  I used to save those 2 years looking for the matt finish Nickels.

Any thoughts . Jeep

Hey JP, I know you like nickels with die cracks, so here you go. 1951 D with an almost rim to rim crack on the reverse. Just doesn’t quite make it all the way. Fish hooks right back into the O.

Thats a looker. If you hadn’t said something I would have said it was starting to turn to that pink magenta red. Good steps too. I like it. Nice grab.

8 hours ago, Moxie15 said:

Well who would you rather talk to, the prom queen beauty pageant winner whose idea of a great day starts at the beauty parlor, then tea with the 'girls', then on to the spa, and finishes with a night at the opera or ballet, OR her twin sister who flies a WWI biplane, drank Jack Nicholson under the table, supped with the Prince of Whales, has a scar on her cheek from that night in Bangkok, and can score 95 out of a hundred at a thousand yards with a .30 caliber rifle?

Just like your cent, I think the second would be far more interesting than a beauty queen.

You make a valid point my friend. As long as she has all her teeth, I’m good with it.

12 minutes ago, errorist said:

Yes.. Roosevelt has become a Pinocchio classic these days..

Seems there are quite a few nose to rim cracks on a lot of different denominations. 

5 hours ago, Grant Gerlinger said:

That’s a pretty cool find. I haven’t found anything like that recently. My best find ever was when I was 10. I found a standing liberty quarter in my change. It was in pretty rough shape and a 1930 but still a cool find.

Thanks. Yea she’s not the prettiest prom date, but it’s a little more interesting than most of my change.

2 minutes ago, Buffalo Head said:

This is a 66 Star from NGC our host here.  All pics are my own macro photography.

The pics are superb my friend. I have got to get a better camera. 

Found this old worn out Lincoln cent in my change a while back. Kind of forgot I had it, and ran across it again. Probably the most worn out coin I have seen in hand. Looks smooth as eggs until you get it under some light. It has definitely seen some action. I noticed that the T at the end of the word trust on the obverse is gone. May have been rubbed off. The reverse is rough as a stucco bathtub. Looks like it has been jabbed with a knife a few times and a game of tic tac toe was in the works. Just thought I would share this with the rest onions. Crazy what is still out there in the wild. Enjoy this beater.

I dig it brother. 

3 hours ago, Buffalo Head said:

 

You are posting some gorgeous buffaloes. Excellent.

Nice pick ups JP. I need to start getting some older proofs. I’d like to have some old walker proofs.

5 hours ago, Hoghead515 said:

I was wondering why the dies cracked so bad on the early Washington quarters?  I had been looking at several of them and noticed a few.  Most are cracked right close to the top of Washington's head. Is it the design that makes it weaker near that area for some reason?  I noticed most of the ones I saw were 1955s also, for some odd reason. I own two of them with small cracks. I seen a 1955 for sell that NGC recognized the crack on the label. And it's right in the same area. Here's pictures of my two.  The first coin also has a crack at the bottom right.  The second coin is just a small one but it is definitely a small crack. Thought it may have been a scratch at first and I examined it under a microscope. 

Some dandy fine GWs HogH. 

19 minutes ago, Quintus Arrius said:

[I never heard of either designation or the reference to "Appalachian" nickels in the link.]

Here is my Appalachian nickel in a holder from that small window in time where both the star and T designations were used. 

Here is a good thread that discusses this subject. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ngc-t-w-designations-the-lost-designations.208532/