Today - Nickel trading suspended on LME.
I'm probably wrong but it looks to me, the counterfeiters performed a breast augmentation on Lady Liberty.
Are all the counterfeits with bite marks 1796 off center?
Reminds me of the time about 20 years ago went into a nonprofit Thrift Store of a charity supported by United Way. They had just received a bunch...
Using the images from the original post didn't do much for the degrading issue. Overlayed a full petite head obverse map onto the full obverse...
I am planning on capturing the images from your original post to overlay. Maybe these will hold up better with less degrading in the CAD to jpg...
Let me know if you think the overlay is misplaced or mis-sized. Some degrading in image converting from cad file to jpg [ATTACH]
Thanks - learning and helping is what CoinTalk is all about.
I'll see what I can do - might be a day or two before I can get to it.
I think you are on the right track - just not Sure it is an 1843 N-4 under type. I can't get the tips of the star to line up. I think my overlay...
The area that has been removed from the die is the actual design. In other words the design is nothing more than a void/hole in a die.
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Technically a die physically carries none of the design. Just to complicate things a little more.
But I have to get the last word - there will also be some genuine coin varieties that get designated as counterfeit due to the fact it is unknown...
In the case Jack gave - I disagree. The submitter bought the coin from Stacks with the knowledge it was a struck counterfeit. Then submitted it...
Yes but the point being made was - What is considered proper conservation/cleaning today may not be considered as proper sometime in the future.
I am assuming authenticity was not an issue for the sale in 2016. The guarantee does not insure a minimum market value of a coin. The 1st dude was...
You are a little off concerning a gift. This may explain it better. https://www.thebalance.com/how-is-the-gift-tax-calculated-3505674
Yes and No. But you have to dig deeper than the coin design for the die's unique characteristics.
I have mapped 7 different Obverses for the 1909-S Cent (excluding the RPMs). Although 1 of the 7 obverses may be an rpm. I can't remember. There...
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