No the mintmark was not being punched into working dies in 1994. For production of the US cent in 1990 the mint no longer punched the mintmark...
Machine Doubling occurs during the manufacturing (striking) of the coin itself. Doubled Die occurs during the manufacturing of the die - which in...
Being that mint marks were hand punched into working dies up until 1989 - location and orientation of this device relative to the rest of the coin...
Cost that are absorbed by other issues of coinage produces no savings for those costs. They are stilled incurred. Amortization/depreciation are...
Yes it does cost 1.5 cents to manufacture a cent BUT on the other hand it does not really cost that much. The 1.5 cent unit cost more than likely...
Us Population is projected to increase to over 400 million by 2050. Being that the supply of $50 to $150 dollar coins and the high end coins for...
Sorta Sorta along the lines of a complaint I have with the variety collecting niche. A variety listing gets debunked or is determined a duplicate...
The World wide glut of oil is not going to dry up soon. Even at $75.00 oil green alternatives are not competitive to oil. To really make...
I was thinking since the 4 different scans would actually be from 4 different angular perspectives - that a 3-D image could be rendered from the...
Luster and color are not significant issues for me, I use coin images primarily for attributing varieties and errors.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I borrowed your image from your post to illustrate a question I have. Hope you don't mind. Scanners do not scan perfect. The...
If the cent is discontinued, merchants will not have the authority to determine how each individual transaction will break. The breakage rules...
Keep in mind when attributing varieties most of the reference material consists of 2-D images of 3-D objects. I tend to lose this perspective....
For the 1909-P Wexler lists 17 known doubled die reverses CONECA lists 11 Coppercoins as of now has added 1DR-006 (no VDB) Wexler has...
The above transaction would be a purchase of inventory by a business and thus a 1099 filing is not required.
Cost of production means squat. It is stuffed full of pencil pushing costs of amortization, depreciation, depletion, R&D, overhead allocations and...
I was of the opinion from reading the thread that David is of the opinion that the current definitions and usage of type and variety in the...
No need to give up. Just make it easier on yourself. I suggest in the beginning start by searching higher grade coins - xf or better and only...
I see the "S". Find it very interesting. The coin could be a counterfeit with the "S" being the counterfeiter's signature on the die.
But even with lawful authority of owning a set of dies. If used to manufacture replica coinage; you produce a product that does not conform to the...
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