Thanks everyone for your comments, I am doing a lot of reading. Bill I read your post of Sept4/08 on error vs variety, do I understand correctly that a variety is a number of coins minted the same and an error coin is a single coin with die chip, a dot or something of that nature? Missing beads is l...

I could not find this chip/dot in the list of errors and varieties for the 69 dollar. Does the shape or location have anything to do with the difference between dot vs chip?

Thank you, I think the comments are helping me with what to look and not look for.

The coin is from bank in 1982 but never in circulation. Photo 1 is a closeup of a book with square corners, the same as other 1982 dollars I have. Photo 2 is a closeup of the same book on another coin. The yellow arrow points at the corner that is flatted in the shape of a dog-ear triangle. The coin...

I am basically in coins 101and very much appreciate the replies. I reviewed this site for polishing and see that the nickel has had polishing issues for a number of years. I see the 1942 nickel had polishing listed in the errors and varieties. The 1978, 1995 and 1998 nickel had polishing listed unde...

Sorry for delay in posting this, away for a couple days. Also I apologize for having to make a correction in the coin's date. Just prior to my original post I was looking at 1964 coins and had that date on my mind. As the close ups in the post didn't show a date I inadvertently typed 64 instead of 6...

While examining my 64 half dollars along with other years with the same design I came across the unicorn in the attached photo. (10X) The arrows point to the areas that caught my interest. Top arrow- there seems to be a wider space between the point on the banner and the nose. Left arrow- the ridge ...