I am thinking all 4 1909-S VDB reverses can trace their roots to a common working hub.
I'll see what I can do tonight when I get home
Not at my computer at the moment but the OP claims it to be a rare 5th obverse - so I doubt my overlay would reveal a match to one of the 4...
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But it is tax on profits earned on business conducted outside the physical boundaries of the US we are talking about.
Fortune 500 companies do not set up dummy headquarters overseas. Their headquarters overseas are set up to support business activity conducted...
I really can't comment due to the fact the orientation of the obverse remains unknown in your images. When the obverse and reverse dies are set...
Being that the source coin for the counterfeit dies has a hole in it. The fixes made to the dies for the hole should align exactly opposite of...
I don't know how many different die pairs were used in production of the 600 or so restrikes (probably only 1) but I would bet the rotation on the...
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If it is counterfeit - it also wasn't clear to me. My understanding is J-60 was struck by the mint as a circulating dollar in 1837 using 1836 dies...
Trueview images/cert pictures are not presented with the obverse image and the reverse image oriented in their natural alignment. Each image is...
Op's narrow date coin mapped in CAD. Then overlaid onto the wide date. Not only is the spacing narrower. As expected the placement of the date is...
Free silver is there for the taking. All you have to do is start prospecting for it. Well based on your logic that is.
My thinking was the metal would be flowing vertically into the design devices at the same time the die was twisting. The planchet does not twist...
Weren't worn out when gifted, else you would see this effect on British coinage also. Back to your statement "If the register mechanism was...
I am not sure I understand. It's a sandwich fake. Both the obverse and reverse are correct and both are wrong. Looking at each side of the coin...
Can you explain your monument points, landmarks and ect used in your metrological attribution process for half dimes.
The dates/coins that show multiple counterfeits, such as 1798 S-158 with 7 counterfeits, are they from multiple counterfeit die pairings or can...
I have my doubts they were transfer dies in the traditional sense. Probably created from counterfeit dies manufactured with a high end CNC milling...
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