An interesting thing about this die marriage is that Reverse Z was used for the following issues in the order shown. 1834 LM-4 1832 LM-14 1834...
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Don't know but I would certainly test it with some junk silver. Maybe take a coin, dip it and clean it well with distilled water, dry and then...
Well, I'm not alone and I'm not crazy. That's poor comfort but I guess it's just part and parcel of living in the internet age. Can't wait until...
Twice in the last few weeks, while awaiting a USPS coin delivery, I received the following text message. I assumed it was a phishing expedition...
Proof 65. Interesting how the obverse and reverse are weakly struck. Reverse weakness shows up in the partially struck N of CENTS. Obverse in...
Go to the FUN website in December once they've published the dealer attendance list. Look for those dealers that carry the kind of material you...
And that was entirely my point about a show as big as FUN. Not only are there hundreds of dealers but there are hundreds to thousands of retail...
Tips: Parking is $10 per day if you reference the FUN show. Considerably higher otherwise. They don't take cash. Food inside the venue is...
I will be there and helping to run our local coin club table, the Central Florida Coin Club.
Of course, that's true. I only posted this because it's the same year, die marriage and approximate grade of the raw coin the OP originally posted.
@CCMint , here is a 1803 BB-255 dollar in PCGS F-12 offered for $1950 by an extremely reputable dealer in early material. Greysheet is at $1705...
@bikergeek, I bow to your superior test methodology. Like the ancient philosophers, I am willing to accept your conclusions without proof of concept.
@CCMint, you asked for our thoughts so I'll add mine. Authenticity: The coin appears to be the BB-255 die marriage, a common marriage with 1000s...
I agree absolutely. All the lettering was added by hand to each working die which is why and how these individual dies can be identified....
This is really a two-part question regarding the Capped Bust coinage; half dimes, dimes, quarters and half dollars. The first one asks how people...
@bikergeek, Die bulge is as good an explanation as any at this point, but as with grease I am not entirely satisfied with that either. I just...
Here's a 1832 half dime up in an eBay auction. It's the R-3 LM-8.4 die remarriage, only moderately scarce. What intrigues me about this coin is...
That seems so weird. Only toned in the center of the coin. Do you suppose it was the paper/ink they used? I wasn't aware that PCI holders are...
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