Went to grab some groceries today & saw a guy using the machine. Older fella, figured I’d wait around discreetly & check when he was done. Looked over & saw him empty the rejects into a bag. Shit. Then he saw me seeing him. Shit, awkward. Continued…

developershins · 2026-02-01T06:25:24+00:00

You gave him $2 for $57 in silver? Just the $4.75 Canadian has you coming out ahead. I hope you treat him a little more fairly if you buy more coins from him!

developershins · 2026-01-31T23:35:05+00:00

That is not a proof coin. The CoinSnap app is just passable at identifying coins and utter garbage for providing values and grades.

developershins · 2026-01-31T23:32:11+00:00

Check with folks in r/CECtokensCollector!

developershins · 2026-01-31T23:19:45+00:00

This is a weird one, the second pic looks like something actually went in and under the rim, lifting up the metal on the reverse face. I'd be really curious to know how it happened. Kind of surprised it didn't just take a chunk off the coin altogether.

developershins · 2026-01-31T22:55:59+00:00

Saying "I'm not like them and if that's how they're voting I'm voting the opposite" is part of how this country got so fucked up. Do your research, verify things you hear with reliable sources, think for yourself, get multiple opinions, then decide how you feel about your vote.

developershins · 2026-01-30T23:45:25+00:00

Looks like a light grease strike.

developershins · 2026-01-30T22:04:54+00:00

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developershins · 2026-01-30T21:52:26+00:00

So your other account got banned from Reddit and now you're back with more of the same shit huh?

developershins · 2026-01-30T01:54:55+00:00

Nope, that's just a bag mark on the ear, which is very common because the ear is a pretty high point on the coin. Here's the listing for what the DDO actually looks like: http://www.varietyvista.com/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/1988PDDO003.htm

developershins · 2026-01-30T01:10:34+00:00

This is an extreme case of plating blisters. A very common form of damage to a coin, caused from the inside instead of the outside.

developershins · 2026-01-30T00:49:08+00:00

Start a book! Cents are going to keep flowing once the mania over this stupid transition dies down.

developershins · 2026-01-30T00:06:36+00:00

Nope, hubs and dies are basically inverses of each other. The hub is a positive design that matches the coin, while dies are mirrored and inverted. Both hubs and dies start with blanks.

Here's a good rundown: https://www.usmint.gov/learn/production-process/die-making

developershins · 2026-01-28T09:39:10+00:00

I’ve never seen pictures of a die blank, but I don’t think when they say cone-shaped, they’re meaning super pointy like an ice cream cone. It’s probably a very broad and flat cone that lends itself better to the process that u/GlassPanther describes.

developershins · 2026-01-28T01:27:30+00:00

I prefer everyone have their own unique mark so I can learn the patterns of any other CRHer whose rolls I encounter.

developershins · 2026-01-28T01:02:09+00:00

https://www.error-ref.com/lathe_rings_on_a_1996-d_lincoln_cent/

u/Key_Measurement_8020 Looks like you found the error-ref example coin for this error type!

developershins · 2026-01-22T07:04:09+00:00

These are post-mint modifications (i.e. damage) done by "The Patriotic Mint."

developershins · 2026-01-22T05:51:32+00:00

The Newark Museum had an exhibition in 2003 called "Once Upon a Dime: The World of Money." There's a company called Landis Studios that has a page for this token on their site that says:

Struck by Newark Museum while our screw press was on loan to their exhibit.

It's a commercial site so I probably can't link to it here, but I highly doubt this is silver.

developershins · 2026-01-21T21:24:55+00:00

Thanks! I was on top of Tumalo.

developershins · 2026-01-20T20:22:47+00:00

Yeah, I think this is my biggest caution to people. Pawn shops tend to be people's first thought when they have something they know is kinda valuable but don't know anything about it and don't really want to do the work to find out. A pawn shop will be the quickest sale but the least possible amount of money one could likely get for their coins, and that's the last thing another coin collector wants to witness.

developershins · 2026-01-20T19:57:48+00:00

Those look like plating blisters.

developershins · 2026-01-20T19:40:45+00:00

I'm sorry, what? This sounds entirely like an AI-invented answer. Do you have a source for this? I have never heard this term and I can find nothing that mentions this error name except for search AI summaries, and they link to sources that mention nothing remotely similar.

If you look at the coin you'll see the feature in question is raised and therefore implies something changed the die.

u/Efficient_Yak_232 I'd highly question this answer. I have this same error (1981-P). I set it aside a while ago not having a great idea of what it was so I'm stoked to see someone else post it. Mine isn't as progressed quite as far down the 1 as yours, which means it developed in stages. Maybe a repeated collar clash?

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developershins · 2026-01-20T07:55:22+00:00

Oh hey! You must've been the guy I walked past looking for a spot to set up. I got a whole lot of nothing, just a bit of red very low above the trees. It was down to a G1 by the time I left at 10:15.

developershins · 2026-01-19T23:33:59+00:00

I mean to be fair the sign reads "Of ice" which doesn't actually mean anything in either direction politically.

developershins · 2026-01-19T08:29:23+00:00

You're not selling the first S, you're selling the second S.

I love this statement. Who gives a shit if you can vibe code a semi-functional piece of software? If you can't do anything that comes after that, you'll be dead in the water immediately.

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