The Sole Highest Graded at NGC The 1886 Indian cent varieties, Type One and Type Two, were actually caused by a subtle but complete redesign of the entire obverse hub by Charles Barber, making the Type Two coins not only pointing their lowest feather between CA rather than IC but showing shallower relief. Only about…
Let’s Go Flying The 1856 Flying Eagle cent was originally issued as a pattern, to demonstrate the new small-size copper-nickel design. Large numbers were struck to showcase the design to Congressmen and other VIPs, in both proof and business-strike format. Most of the proofs were from the Snow-9 dies, characterized by a center dot under…
The Real Thing (but not Coca Cola) – 1969-S DDO Lincoln Cent PCGS/CAC MS61BN We included the words “The Real Thing” in the listing title for this coin, because we receive weekly, if not daily inquiries about the 1969-S DDO cent. The doubling is distinct and quite impressive. Yet many collectors who own ordinary examples…
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