$6000 seems way too low to me. While unusual, there are collectors who build error sets by error type, and others who build US type sets composed...
$6k . . . certainly not!
Hydraulic fluid is essentially incompressible, and is therefore a very stiff system. As concerns responsiveness, if you've used car brakes on ice...
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Since the dies came no closer together than the fields on both sides of the coin, I'd say no, no clashing of the dies took place.
The high speed Schuler presses have a top stroke rate of 850 hits per minute. Depending on the frequency response of the pressure transducers (I...
This coin was almost certainly struck on a hydraulic press, for which the stroke would be greater, as controlled by feedback from the hydraulic...
I don't think Great Collections photos allow adequate magnification for getting appropriate money for the client. In my opinion, the money to be...
I wrote to Whitman within a day of cancellation, asking them why they hadn't canceled. Ours is a uniquely vulnerable industry, because so many...
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Pretty looking coin . . .
Collectors breal sets up to put the coins in albums by denomination and dealers break them up to sell the coins individually.
Yes, that is not uncommon.
Looks to me like a pretty nice coin, and extra nice for the money.
Just make sure that hole has a bottom, or you'll be sending your money straight to China!
Obscured or not, the coin is obviously cleaned. The lines in the obverse field could be mistaken for die polishing, were the cleaning not...
With precious few exceptions, faking such coins years ago would not even occur to counterfeiters. The 1856 FE and the 1877 IHC are the only coins...
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