You never know what might be in your collection, until you take a close look! People find all sorts of cool coins once they know where to look....
Or just cherrypick one off ebay--that's one reason I show all the markers here--to help fellow collectors find their own. :)
Thanks! If I find a double, I'll consider it...
Yes, the clash is present on all the ones I've seen. I generally avoid owning slabbed varieties, because it makes it very difficult to...
I consider this one of my better overdate finds to date, based on catalog value alone. The markers are rather subtle, but the 8/7 is there if you...
Generally speaking, I might also suggest looking into dealers and auction houses in their respective countries for the most complete data. For...
Nice work--I see you've made a lot of updates! :)
Yeah...I see that too. Of course, I've never turned down an unattributed overdate because of some damage--if the price is right. :)
:rolleyes: Oh brother lol...who are these guys; do they think shipping is free for the seller? Sure, some people offer free shipping on ebay, but...
Btw, I carefully calculated the specific gravity using the paper's data for the fake Valens siliquae--it's 7.32. Compare that to the genuine...
I'd say that's definitely the 1943/2--great find! :D
From what I've read, many XRF units only detect the heavier elements, or perhaps in this case it was programmed to provide data for a specific...
You're right--the dies aren't loosely chattering on the coin, as if we're talking about hammered coins. I was just trying to make it easy for me...
Exactly...imagine a hardened hub where the legends are raised, bouncing off a soft die blank and creating doubling--that's essentially what you're...
Yes--I think the tell-tale notching on "IN" is easy to see. :)
Yeah--I think they based the design on the early Great Britain "cartwheel" pennies.
Recently, I've taken an interest in composition analysis of silver coins. It's intriguing to see what's really in a coin, and how this might...
But they're not; it's an optical illusion. Drop over to eBay and have a look at this issue. :) It probably helps to see the whole obverse on the...
This is a detail of a Liberia 1862 cent. At first glance, the doubling in REPUBLIC looks like a DDO, but the lettering in this case is...
That's the best diagnostic photo I've seen of this variety. :)
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