-jeffB's Recent Activity

Because it isn't complete until you do, of course. :rolleyes: The "collect the complete set" urge arises for a lot more than coins. As...

Oct 18, 2019 at 11:44 PM

We see a constant stream of eBay listings for silver-plated iron ASEs, which would fail both magnet and weight/dimension tests. I think...

Oct 18, 2019 at 8:59 PM

I see tantalizing differences in several of these shots, but I don't think they're due solely to spectral differences. I think it would...

Oct 18, 2019 at 8:53 PM

Yep, can't fish if you don't know how to set up a lure. We all have to start somewhere. And asking here certainly does count as...

Oct 18, 2019 at 8:50 PM

This thread slipped through the cracks the first time, and a more recent thread seems to have drawn the discussion that otherwise...

Oct 18, 2019 at 3:50 PM

Happy to help. It's not something I already knew, but I remembered reading about that diagnostic mark on the 18/17 overdate, remembered...

Oct 18, 2019 at 3:47 PM

That's true in general, but it gets a little complicated for toning. Like a rainbow, toning separates the colors of the spectrum -- and...

Oct 18, 2019 at 1:18 PM

It looks like it's from the E in E PLURIBUS UNUM (image from Mad Die Clashes): [IMG]

Oct 18, 2019 at 9:19 AM

Need a pair of doubled die focals.

Oct 17, 2019 at 10:06 PM

@Derek2200, you can ship it to me. Storage without charge. But I have a habit of losing names and addresses :troll: . Steve

Oct 17, 2019 at 10:04 PM

That is a die clash. It's quoted as a marker for the 1918/17-S overdate, but if it's this common, I wonder how reliable it is...

Oct 17, 2019 at 10:01 PM