Roger is a regular on VAMWorld. He finds a few gems in the archives for us now and then. Back in December he kick-started a flurry of activity...
VAMWorld, where I'm the site admin, and PCGS. I lurk on the CAC forums now and then.
Nikon D610, 200mm Micro-Nikkor, two gooseneck lamps. At home I use a Kaiser RS-1 copy stand, at shows I use a Feisol carbon fiber tripod with the...
Roger Burdette has turned up correspondence showing that improper planchet preparation was the cause for a lot of the New Orleans weak strikes....
Much of the weak strike problems in New Orleans was due to the planchets not being properly annealed before striking.
90-O is a pancake issue, and this is no exception, being exceptionally weak.
I watched Road to Perdition, set in 1938, recently. Coins appearing were correct. A Peace dollar was used to pay a kid and someone twirled a...
That was Jack Nicholson. "We still have two out of three branches of the government working for us, and that ain't bad." Awesome movie, though.
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Monroes are notoriously hideous, so one that looks nice is definitely a keeper. Your upgrade looks nice. Well done! Here's mine (PCGS 63) [IMG]
The don't create jobs as much as they are jobs. At what point to they become make-work jobs?
That's a very common place for Peace dollar obverses to develop cracks.
It's the B1 reverse hub. About 25% of 1922 Peace dollars were made with reverse dies that came from the B1 reverse hub. I don't see a die crack...
Correct. Dropping a coin of the cent's purchasing power from production has proven to be no big deal for many countries. The nickel could be...
Congress can authorize a design change or composition change or a new denomination. Other than commemoratives and some precious metal issues,...
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