The raised line on the outer rim around 9 o'clock was caused by a slight misaligned die. The die was a bit too far right in the die holder,...
The Marx Brothers would be proud!
I like it!
Well done!
I am informed by a reliable source that there was no such "rant" posted by Roger after his 30-day suspension was imposed in mid-August, either...
Are you referring to a post in the "growing list" thread that alleges that Roger came back from a suspension and posted a rant and that that was...
Very nice, though the TPG should have put the more interesting error side towards the front of the slab.
Again, please tell us what did happen.
As of today, the Cert Verification and Coin Facts pages for the coin in question do not call it "High Relief." Does anybody know if they used to?
Kindly tell us what did happen.
I see nothing in these or the previous pictures that makes me think that this is a "Cheerios Dollar." TD
Sorry, but I cannot see an elephant image on the reverse of the OP coin. Showed the picture to my wife and she said it was a drum and a crocodile....
Interesting. I did not know that they had changed the chart after I left there in 1978. Will look into it. Thanks.
Roger got banned for pointing out that they had misattributed a 1942 pattern cent as a "High Relief." Roger literally wrote the book on 1942 patterns.
Interesting thread. Too bad elemental testing is a bit expensive, or else it would be fun to have an entire collection tested.
A great thread and a great collecting topic. I realize that this is the world coins forum, but I feel compelled to mention that various early U.S....
@Conder101 ... I got the 40% weight tolerance from the Coin World Almanac (which I helped write, but that is another matter). Four grains, or...
The legal weight on the 40% silver halves was 11.50 grams with a legal tolerance of 0.259 grams, so the 11.25 is just within the low tolerance.
Perhaps the 4 was intended for a larger denomination coin. There are a few examples of U.S. coins where the dies were punched with date digits...
Definitely post-mint damage, but I suspect other than in a dryer.
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