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All brockages, indents, chain edge strikes, and capped die strikes have a corresponding coin, but are rarely found together. A single coin of the set may be discovered by mint staff during quality control and removed, or the coins may be separated into different lots to be distributed separately into circulation.
The fresh gum may interfere with the small strands of torn paper or even form small droplets. Stanley Gibbons uses the following to describe stamps with disturbed gum: large part o.g.: mounted mint (mint hinged) with the majority of original gum; part o.g.: mounted mint (mint hinged) with less than 50% of original gum
Such experts are highly specialized and generally focused on a selected philatelic area. Falsified stamps may be marked as such, while a genuine stamp of value should receive a certificate of authenticity by a reputable authority. In recent years, homemade forgeries can easily reach the market through the internet. [12]
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A mint stamp may also be in better condition than a used stamp which has passed through the mail. Sometimes, however, used stamps may be more valuable than mint ones where higher numbers of mint stamps have survived, perhaps because large numbers of mint stamps were bought by collectors but few used on letters. [3]
Estimated value: Up to $3,000 Part of the U.S. Mint’s State Quarters program, the 2004 Wisconsin quarter was issued to celebrate the state’s heritage and features an image of a cow, cheese ...
There are some variations created by the mint site using different die sets. The best case of the mint using different die sets is the variation of the letters AM on the Lincoln cent. The AM letters are either touching or are distinctly apart in some Lincoln cents minted in 1998, 1999, 2000, and perhaps others to be discovered.
The real benefit of using “To Whom It May Concern” is that it gives you an applicable greeting to use when you have no idea exactly who the recipient of your letter is.