Back to the new site today for an hour, dug a fired civil war bullet, looks to be a .44 colt army revolver round, haven't even really looked at it or cleaned it yet, too excited bout my next find.
Dug my second 1918 d Mercury dime for the year, the other was in really nice shape, but this new one is almost uncirculated. After blowing it up, I can see a few fine surface scratches, but other than that, it's perfect. I'm not a coin expert, but I have a few thoughts about this coin, if anyone knows more than I do let me know what you think. The front has what looks like a scratch at first glance on the bottom and on the neck, but when I look more closely it seems to be raised, is this from a cracked die possibly? Would that account for why it is such a weak strike? Also, when in the right light, and in the blown up picture you can see it some too, you can see a starburst pattern radiating out from the center on both the front and back, not scratches, is this a typical pattern formed from the striking process?? Would love any feedback anyone can give me. Oh, and would a cracked die coin, be more or less valuable?
The pictures don't do the coin justice, but do show how much detail is there. I'm so stoked about this coin, it's the best condition silver I have in my meager collection. Thanks for looking, and HH!!
Dug my second 1918 d Mercury dime for the year, the other was in really nice shape, but this new one is almost uncirculated. After blowing it up, I can see a few fine surface scratches, but other than that, it's perfect. I'm not a coin expert, but I have a few thoughts about this coin, if anyone knows more than I do let me know what you think. The front has what looks like a scratch at first glance on the bottom and on the neck, but when I look more closely it seems to be raised, is this from a cracked die possibly? Would that account for why it is such a weak strike? Also, when in the right light, and in the blown up picture you can see it some too, you can see a starburst pattern radiating out from the center on both the front and back, not scratches, is this a typical pattern formed from the striking process?? Would love any feedback anyone can give me. Oh, and would a cracked die coin, be more or less valuable?
The pictures don't do the coin justice, but do show how much detail is there. I'm so stoked about this coin, it's the best condition silver I have in my meager collection. Thanks for looking, and HH!!
