The hair dangling down in front of the ear appears different on both. The 1st star left of the "1" in the date looks to be pointing @ a denticle...
No - I am the one who did the hijacking - posting about counterfeit coins - when the subject was about counterfeit slabs. Sorry
All dies (counterfeit and genuine) have characteristics and traits (markers - scratches, gouges, date and mint mark placement, etc or lack there...
Just wondering how deceitful the actual counterfeit coins are. Are they easy to identify as counterfeit absent of their counterfeit slab?
What happens if someone cracks theirs out of the counterfeit slab?
Has anyone done any metrological analysis of the actual coins encased in these counterfeit slabs?
The REV-O and REV-Q mystery is solved. It was my fault - a labeling error - each are their own unique die. Still like to know why OBV-38 and...
I have the S-41 die paring on my list as OBV-18 with REV-O the link I provided above has the S-41 die pairing as OBV-18 with REV-Q. i wonder if...
Thanks Think I will be able to dig out my answer here https://1794largecents.com/1794/collection.htm This link shows there is no OBV-38 or...
145 views and no answer yet. Must be a harder question than I thought. Can anyone point me to a good recently revised reference book containing...
Just compiled a list of 1794 die pairings S-17 (1-A) through S-72 (39-KK) and my list shows no pairing for OBV-38, REV-P and REV-Q. Have I made an...
Perhaps a criteria or definition of circulated would be easier. Such as does a coin have to be utilized for the purchase of goods before it is...
Well then - I guess there must be very few truly uncirculated coins. Once it leaves the mint and possession is taken by another party -...
Didn't the denticle count change on the Barber Quarter obverse when the middle serif was removed from the "W" on "IGWT"?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-06/perth-mint-gold-doping-china-cover-up-four-corners/102048622
I have often wondered this myself. I lean towards the denticles being hand-engraved onto the Master Hub. The reduction lathe leaving a solid...
Are you saying the corrosive process will be sustained even if the coin is placed in a vacuum?
Embarrassing ain't it. Just don't know if authenticating a coin such as this would even cross my mind. Now if the coin was struck during the...
Really don't know if I would have looked at the reverse that hard.
Maybe nit-picking but I have always considered this variety technically to be a doubled die - not a Repunched Date. For the Buffalo Nickel the...
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