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We started about the same time, but I cannot be as specific as to the month as you can. I do remember that my first Whitman Lincoln cent book (#2) had a price sticker of 29 cents on it, but it may ha… (View Post)

Speaking as an old school variety collector who started out collecting "FIDOs" (Freaks, Irregularities, Defects and Oddities) out of circulation back in the 60's, "die cracks" wer… (View Post)

No, because copper and nickel have specific gravities that are so close together you cannot tell them apart via specific gravity. IIRC one of them is 8.89 and the other 8.92. A heavy copper plating t… (View Post)

Are we positive that this is not just a genuine coin with a heavy copper plating that applied irregularly, causing the rippling? My mentor at Coin World's Collectors Clearinghouse, Ed Fleischmann, on… (View Post)

Welcome! (View Post)