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Earle42

Excellent and informative post.

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Always one of my favorite Canadian half dollars. Thanks for sharing.

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Grading...please see the OM I sent you concerning using the companies without losing money.

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I have never seen one that was too long. Typically currency is held to tight tolerances. But I don't know enough about the currency hobby to say value.

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I agree. Or else plated such as in these sets banks used to give away for free when opening a savings account (when I was a kid):

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Muchas arigato amigo! I appreciate the clarification. Boy that y in Sytler sure is a mess! The spelling meant it had to be a vowel (or like a vowel), but I totally missed it could be a y. I never would have seen that y as an n. If handwritten I also may have seen it as a malformed h, but that made n...

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Hello, is this a die error? Sorry but since you say "rainbow" (color) and "die," are you are mixing up the word "die" with "dye?" A coin die is this: How coin dies are made/used: :arrow: https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-pr...

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I locked this b/c it is a duplicate post. To find any of your other posts, click on your user name anywhere on the screen.

It brings up this:

Click where the arrow points and you get a list of everything you have posted. Scroll down and find the one you want.

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This one almost went into the Coin Bucket but something made me look closer. Could this be some sort of improper annealing, a plating error or defective planchet? Or, just a rough life? When I replied: This is nothing the hobby would collect/value. Most odd looking coins are just post mint damage. ...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D Sorry but the pics are just way to fuzzy to see any details. Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed): https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23514

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Use the method I sent you a link above to take coin pics and your old phone will work. I used an old iPhone 4S (!) originally and it worked great. I currently use an iPhone 7 for coin pics. It is about TECHNIQUE and forcing the auto focus to do what you want, and using the timer. It is not about mod...

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Thank you for all the info!! I'm trying to learn as much as I can to pass on to my grandson. I guess that I learned something too. That there are strange people out there in the coin business... :? Remember the Chinese fakers are more than happy to charge under 2.00 for fake coins b/c there is a hu...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here

What is the weight?

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D I agree with Paul. This is totally impossible. Proof coins cannot come from Philly. Seriously, it is like saying Pepsi can be bought in Coke bottles that came from the factory that way. What you are mistaking for a proof coin is just a very bright, s...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here

Np pics came though. See the huge video link and pink box you scrolled past to make a post? They show step by step how to make a post

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I may as well post one more help for you: Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage, useless machine doubling, die deterioration...

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Is it worth getting graded or just post on eBay? 1. PLease see the Pm I sent you concerning not losing money when using grading companies. So many people have no idea what the companies actually do, such as they do not automatically try to look for errors. That PM includes other things you REALLY n...

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BTW, here are two links on this forum which also help people understand the reality of the grading companies: PCGS grading challenge video - Critical Review...Did it fool you? https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=166739&hilit=challenge#p166739 CAC slabs...stirring up the hobby...Th...

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I still found a few flaws in you're Essay. (I don't mean to be the contrarian here) I respectively very much enjoyed the read. Thank you and I do not take your reply contrarian at all :D Please tell me where you find the flaws. I want to look into it and correct any errors. My personal interest is ...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D This is just post mint damage. Nothing in the minting process would produce something like this. So this is nothing the hobby would collect/value. Most odd looking coins are just post mint damage. A lot of people are mislead by online clickbait video...

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Sorry. I have no idea.

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Acetone cannot meddle with the metal of your medal (or coin)! Soak it for a month, in a closed container to prevent evaporation of the acetone, and nothing chemically or physically happens to the metal of the coin. Yes...I have...to prove the point :D Please also see the PM I sent you on wisely usin...

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We'll have to agree to disagree, the graders look at coins for seconds and will not note errors or varieties unless you point them out and pay extra for the few seconds it takes to see that the error is there. While their are true grading experts in varieties they are not at TPGs, they are at CONEC...

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@Matt No, I am not fluent in German and only play with it a little. I would LOVE to be fluent but find when I try for another language I get it mixed up with my Spanish! Ich peudo spreche Espanol mein hermano! Anyway, I would not want to try script in this, but reading very old versions of the Bible...

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Fun discussion everyone! The mention of it being a foreign language was a joke, but understanding the cursive was not. For a younger person like me [early 30's], cursive was phased out in school. The only cursive I use today is in my signature. It's an interesting observation that cursive is an imp...

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@Matt

This one?

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Some people hoard them oping the US government will lift the ban on melting and selling them for profit. I know it is loophole, but it is actually legal to melt them, and NOT sell the copper. People with forges who want copper to cast various metals in molds sometimes use them for this. Nowadays it ...

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D Common. Some help: Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage, useless machine ...

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This is nothing the hobby would collect/value. Most odd looking coins are just post mint damage. A lot of people are mislead by online clickbait videos and tons of worthless eBay auctions wrongly being sold as rare error coins. If you want to find real error coins, you have to first know what real e...

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Please see the following info about how coin dies are made. You do not have extra letters, but instead you have die chips that coincidentally look like letters to you. This is called pareidolia. It's what makes us see shapes in clouds. From the following link and info, you will see it is physically ...

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Rather than say yes or no, I want to give you something much more valuable...the tools to find out for yourself whenever you suspect you have a doubled die, RPM, or OMM: Please click the following link: Immediate Answers - How to find your Doubled Die or RPM online Note: If you do not find an EXACT ...

Earle42

Ditto.

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BTW some help with photos:

Try clicking the following link to find out how to easily take focused pics of coins using only a phone (no special equipment needed):
https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/view ... hp?t=23514

Earle42

Fun discussion everyone! The mention of it being a foreign language was a joke, but understanding the cursive was not. For a younger person like me [early 30's], cursive was phased out in school. The only cursive I use today is in my signature. It's an interesting observation that cursive is an imp...

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I admit I took advantage of the system and when the price soared I dumped mine. I didn't use them anymore anyway. Good references though!

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Welcome to the forum. We are glad you are here :D Sorry, juts inconsequential die chips. When you understand how coins are minted and how dies are made you will also know it is impossible for coins to have extra letters/numbers and or design elements on them. Looking for random anomalies on coins an...

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Oh so he's the guy who's name is on the insulators then? If so that's really cool! Is there still that magazine "Jewels of the Wire" still around? I've always wanted to find a carnival glass mickey mouse. My old hunting grounds weren't too great for oddities. Mostly Hemmingray 42s in dark...

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Also vs. gler mystery solved: Note the writer had a habit of making heavy handed sweeps when reversing direction of writing with his pen. For example, note how on any word in the letter with a leading letter A, the author tended to always overshoot and leave a "tail" or at least a blob of ...

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Yup...thanks...I messed up again. I meant 2020 as the bill shows.

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